Eco-Friendly Alternatives

Green recycling symbol made of grass on a wooden surface.

ECO Caskets

Simple Wooden Casket- A simple wooden casket needs to be made of solid wood; no glue, metal or varnish to be accepted in most green burial grounds

Cardboard Casket- Only accepted at some cemeteries, burial grounds or crematoriums and they may require the use of a rigid board to be placed under or inside the casket.

Woven Caskets- A casket made of willow, bamboo, or wicker

Burial Shroud- A shroud is a large piece of fabric that is used to wrap the body. Shrouds can be made of unbleached cotton fabric, muslin, linen, silk, felted wool, bamboo or hemp

Tree Pods- This when where a dead human body is placed in an egg or oval shaped container made of a biodegradable bio-polymer, and then buried either at the foot of a tree or has a tree planted above it.

Floating & Dissolving Urns- Urns designed to float prior to sinking, giving time for a ceremony to take place. Urns like this can also be shaped into many shapes and many types of materials, like open bowls made of clay, or carved from unvarnished wood.