DIY Funeral & flat pack coffins any advice welcome

~Chameleon~

You certainly live up to your name :rotfl:

Thanks for the giggle on such a dull miserable morning :beer: :A

Zyzzyva

Apologies first for resurrecting this thread.

Cardew wrote: »

Burial at sea of course does away with the need for a coffin and must be the ulimate in eco-friendly disposal.

Coffins are required for burial at sea, indeed, the specifications for a coffin or casket for sea burials are very strict.
http://www.mfa.gov.uk/environment/documents/Burial-guide.pdf

dianasnan

My Husband has just had to help carry one of these cardboard coffins across a field.http://www.eco-coffin.co.uk/environ_ecocasket.html although the inhabitant was fairly light (7 stone) he commented that it was heavier than expected and thought that it could have done with 6 people, 1 at each rope handle. From an observers point of view it did bow a little bit underneath. Otherwise the shaped wood effect one looked quite normal and not like the cardboard box that I was expecting.

eco

my mum had a green funeral, she's buried on a nature reserve, and the scenery's a damn sight nicer than a grave yard, so i know where 'm going to end up

tbs624

I liked the sound of this one - wicker basket coffin with an added recycling twist : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2513796/Anglers-ashes-turned-into-fish-food.html

A_fiend_for_life

The Tibetans have it all worked out with sky burials - just let the birds eat them.

Ken68

Or...from Soylent Green film...


After Roth dies, Thorn sneaks into the basement of the euthanasia facility, where he sees corpses being loaded onto waste disposal trucks. He secretly hitches a ride on one of the trucks, which drives to a heavily guarded waste disposal plant. Once inside the plant, Thorn sees how the corpses are processed into Soylent Green wafers.

Zyzzyva

Ken68 wrote: »

Or...from Soylent Green film...
After Roth dies, Thorn sneaks into the basement of the euthanasia facility, where he sees corpses being loaded onto waste disposal trucks. He secretly hitches a ride on one of the trucks, which drives to a heavily guarded waste disposal plant. Once inside the plant, Thorn sees how the corpses are processed into Soylent Green wafers.

One of my favourite films, though marred like several other Heston films by screenplays that differ wildly from the original source.

I like the idea of sky burials though, a neat and natural way to be disposed of.

Regards, Zyz.

Ken68

Yes Zyz, believe anything of Murdoch.

christineperseus

For REAL money saving,
leave your body to medical research - no cost at all.
They do return your ashes some time later - if required.