Natural Options
Funeral directors are now able to offer greener options. We
use the word ‘greener’ rather than ‘green’ very
consciously. The carbon footprint of a funeral can be reduced
in a variety of different ways, but carbon zero funerals don’t
(yet) exist in the UK.
We notice that what can be gained with one environmentally friendly
choice is often lost at another stage of the process.
For example:
- Woodland burials usually involve using fossil fuels to travel
a greater distance to the funeral and on future
graveside visits
- The natural materials used in eco coffin-making are sometimes
sourced from overseas
- Cardboard coffins can involve highly intensive production
processes.
Although there is no truly green, carbon-zero funeral, there
are ever-increasing ethical choices for those of us who want
to protect our environment.
Please select:
» Woodland
burials
» Cremation
» Eco-conscious
coffins and urns
» Embalming
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