PORTLAND, Oregon
Cynthia Beal is seeking to be an Oregon cherry tree after she dies. Beal has everything she
needs to make it happen - a body, a burial site and a boidegradeable coffin. Beal the owner of The Natural Burial Co says "It is composting at its best.". The N.B.C sells a variety of eco friendly burial products when it opens later on in january. One of the products is a ecopod: a kayak-shaped coffin made out of news paper.
Biodegradeable coffins require no formaldehyde embalming, cement vaults, chemical lawn treatments or laminated caskets. The coffins are apart of a larger trend toward "natural" burials.
"Green" cemetaries have been hosted in California, Texas, South Carolina and New York. Eco friendly burials have become very popular in Britain for quite a long time.
Some funerals feature caskets with custom paint jobs and urns with the logo of a favorite team. This market is potentially huge and generate an estimated $11 billion in revenue.
The Green Burial Council is working on certification programs to verify the commitment and quality of providers who claim they are going natural.
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