Here's a link for a firm in Thailand selling roto molded plastic caskets. Not sure why Asians who believe we just keep reliving the whole deal until we reach nirvana need a casket, but, well, who knows why Christians need Pier 1 Imports Buddha statues either.
It is my opinion that Mr. de Winter could do better than this "revolutionary" plastic casket, if only because of his experience in designing appealing bass boats in the same material.
worm proof
Wow. I'm not one for romanticizing funerals, but that website reads like a used car ad. In bold: "They are worm protective!"
Especially creepy is the claim that the caskets are made in honor of a murdered Catholic nun environmentalist. And the mention that the casket line is intended to "compliment our thriving ice cooler division".
There has been an increase of late
in natural burial. No embalming fluid, no caskets, the decedent simply wrapped in a cotton shroud and buried in the dirt, no liners, just speedy decomposition. There is also an increase in cremation, but I think done for economic reasons rather than any real environmental ones.
Off the casket subject for a minute, I'm guessing those small storage sheds by Rubbermaid are Roto Molded or would that be injection molded?
As for
burial being environmentally unfriendly.. I quite agree
Then throw a PLASTIC casket into the equation and it all gets pretty gross actually
Send me out in a carboard coffin anyday !
(form an orderly queue 😉 )
http://www.creativecoffins.com/
I imagine natural burials...
I imagine natural burials will increase here, but it's a very complicated issue. Caskets are now being offered in biodegradeable materials, as well, wicker comes to mind, and I think I remember hearing of one made of seaweed, but that was probably more of a shroud.
Cremation obviously is not without its green detractors too. I think I read somewhere recently that in Great Britain there was a link between cremation and mercury poisoning, but don't quote me on it.
In the US, I would guess the spiffy particle board casket is still king, complete with twenty coats of high gloss varnish and all the bells & whistles the dead (or the living, if you think about it) don't need.
Not that we need to incentivise the body snatchers...
But it occurs to me that we are rather wasting the potential of human corpses, when, at most, all we do is scavenge them for certain organs. And no I'm not wanting to do Sweeny Todd sausages here. There has to be a ton of calcium and other minerals in human bones. And surely human bodies could useful as some type of compost. And surely this rather more organic life giving use of corpses would be more decent than trapping bodies in boxes. I kind of like grave stones, as the cemetery where my ancestors are buried has always been a profound and amazing place in my life. So: I'd like to hang on to cemeteries and stones, as they have psychic function for the dying (planning how they wish to be remembered) and the the same for survivors (a spatial orientation to death is so much more meaningful than a piece of paper and burial and revisits to the site help us gauge our progress in the grieving process). But the bodies? Well, I can't say for sure yet, but I am moving toward liking the idea of actually pushing up some daisies as compost and I increasingly think I would like for my calcium to help someone else deal with their bone health...and so on.
Answer to BTM
....Off the casket subject for a minute, I'm guessing those small storage sheds by Rubbermaid are Roto Molded or would that be injection molded?....
I will get back to the caskets later but this is too simple not to answer right away. No, the Rubbermaid garden sheds are blow moulded, not roto-moulded. Roto-moulding those would make them far to expensive
Robert1960
I am a donor and have been one since this became an option on my DL, but my heart (pun intended) has never been in it.
I can't explain it, but I don't like the idea of some organ whore popping my eyeballs out, radial sawing my sternum and hijacking my heart, then reaching into me and copping a kidney or two, only to toss my body in a furnace. For some reason, I want my body used gently and for gentle things. Composting is a nice, slow process that ends in a wonderful, rich compost that could grow some really good flowers. And if they must dismember me, at least they could use my bones for something constructive, like calcium pills. Regardless,my issues are idiosyncratic.
rewarding and practical
the details for "harvesting" human organs is more than a little disturbing, but when compared to the potential of extending someone's life or greatly enhancing its quality, donation is a very rewarding option.
concerning the temporary shroud, the paperboard forms used for pouring concrete piers would probably do a nice job. they're readily available in a variety of sizes to accommodate virtually any girth and length.
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