Only coffins which are environmentally friendly being bio-degradable are acceptable for green burials. Many different types of coffins are available, willow, cardboard, bamboo and wood from sustainable resources, like solid pine. They can be painted or printed with a design or a simple shroud, is another green choice.
All Funeral Directors can supply suitable coffins.
Bespoke wooden coffins hand
made in Herefordshire
Peter Bishop
The Old Carpenters Shop, Kinnersley, Hereford, HR3 6QB
Tel: 01544 327540 info@mitrecoffins.co.uk
www.mitrecoffins.co.uk
Mitre Coffins are made from timbers that would otherwise be wasted, providing a bespoke alternative to other natural products. Each of these coffins are handmade, using traditional methods.
Woven
Farewell Coffins
Handwoven
willow coffins from Sophia in North Herefordshire.
Sophia
Campbell
Tel:
07904454227 wovenfarewell@gmail.com www.wovenfarewell.co.uk
Sophia
offers the option to help weave the coffin and gives 5% of her profits to the
Woodland Trust. Accredited with CCSA for cremation, recommended by the Good
Funeral Guide and the Natural Death Centre, Sophia uses all sustainable
materials.
Rustling Trees Willow
Coffins
Handmade in Mid -Wales
Pippa Scott & Rob
Ritchie
Tel: 01686 420423 www.willowcoffinswales.co.uk
Pippa has been a
willow basket maker since 1987, is a member of the Basketmakers'
Association, and has been making coffins since 2005. Rob is a
lifelong woodworker who makes the coffin handles and name plates which he uses
hazel, blackthorn and rowan foraged from the hedgerows and woods.
A
Rustling Trees willow coffin ensures dignity and respect, not only for the
deceased but also for the environment.
Greenfield Coffins
High quality, fully customisable, cardboard coffins
Strong, sturdy, lightweight coffins onto which we can print any design. Environmentally friendlier than alternatives, and delivered throughout the United Kingdom.
Tel: 01440 788 866 or email sales@greenfieldcreations.co.uk www.greenfieldcoffins.co.uk/
Ecoffins
Established
in 1998, Ecoffins is a family owned business who is UK’s only World Fair Trade
Organisation accredited coffin manufacturer. Being also the longest supplier of
eco-friendly coffins in the UK they offer a large selection of coffins and
ashes caskets which are all 100% natural and biodegradable.
Tel: 01795 830688 Email info@ecoffins.co.uk www.ecoffins.co.uk/ecoffins.aspx
