Cardboard has more and more applications. If we think of the most common, we find it in all kinds of boxes for transporting goodsBut from time to time the many great qualities of this material are able to surprise anyone.
One of the uses of cardboard that attracts attention is cardboard coffins aimed at those who wish to respect the planet, even after its death. These coffins are a totally ecological alternative to traditional wooden coffins. And much cheaper. They can also be customized and can be used both in burials and cremations.
By not carrying waxes, varnishes, or hardware, these coffins are far less polluting than the classic ones. Moreover, if we take into account that in order to make five wooden coffins we have to cut down an 80-year-old oak tree, using cardboard prevents hundreds of trees from having to be cut down every year.
Among its many other advantages we have that they are folding, occupy little storage space and are easy to assemble without tools. They also weigh little, which greatly reduces the environmental and economic cost of transport.
They are designed to withstand weights of about 125 kilos.
The great versatility offered by this material has made these caskets more and more like traditional ones, although when it is cardboard the price can be up to 10 times lower. A simple look at the catalogues of cardboard coffin companies like the French Eco-Cerc shows us the quality and variety of them. Its advantages are so evident from those of “all life” that it is likely that In a few years they will become the most common coffins.
In the context of the funeral industry, we must not forget the urns for ashes increasingly made of biodegradable materials.
