Biodegradable Coffins 3
These coffins are the antithesis of the funeral industry’s usual rain-forest mahogany and steel caskets, which are held together by formaldehyde-infused glue and hermetically sealed to keep nature out. According to Cynthia Beal, the founder of the Natural Burial Company, this preservation process has turned modern cemeteries into “parking lots†for the dead. She says she hopes her products will push the trend toward natural burial parks – currently there are just a handful in the country.