Singapore - Eco-coffins made from waste wood or tree branch
timber are starting to give Singaporeans the option of 'going green'
in death, a report said on Monday.
Singapore-based TentTech, which has sold nearly 100 of its
environmentally-friendly coffins, said its caskets are a more
sustainable alternative to traditional ones.
They appeal to the likes of Dr Tan Chek Wee, who told The Straits
Times he wants his last journey to be a green one.
'Since I want to be cremated, I prefer not to kill a tree in the
process,' the 52-year-old Tan was quoted as saying. 'I've always been
a practical man.'
The National Environment Agency strongly encourages cremations in
land-scarce Singapore for religions allowing it. Islam and Judaism
require followers to bury the dead.
For those choosing cremation the environmentally friendly caskets
burn up to twice as fast as ordinary coffins, resulting in less
carbon emission.
Eco-coffins have caught on in the United States and Britain.
Singaporeans are not keen on the high costs of importing green
paper coffins, made of densely compressed paper pulp, Tent Tech said.
The price ranges between 600 and 3,000 US dollars.
Tent Tech's eco-coffins cost between 200 and 700 US dollars.
© 2008 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur 
most eco way..Jan 7th, 2008 - 09:14:44
would be to let insect larvae feed on the corpse until there were just bones and then crush those to dust for sprinkling on the gardens. And the larvae could be harvested for use as fish bait.
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