A Scottish funeral director has embraced eco-friendly burials – by offering woollen coffins as an alternative to the traditional casket.
Inverness-based John Fraser & Son have claimed there is a growing demand for the environmentally-friendly caskets, which can support a person weighing up to 42 stone.
Available in white or brown, the coffins feature a personalised name plate, and a biodegradable waterproof base.
While I don’t know about Great Britain, many places in the United States require a casket to be placed in a concrete vault. That would defeat the purpose of a biodegradable casket, I would think.
Hmm…..let’s see: 42 stone x 14 lbs per stone = 588 lbs. That would mean a pretty big casket, wouldn’t it?
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Sadly that’s correct. The funeral directors cartel have a very powerful lobby. It’s really hard to keep funeral expenses down in the US. Some of the regulation is so outrageous it’s simply scandalous.