Mourners who paid their last respects to the late Ms Wang Jin Lian in March were greeted by an unusual sight – a cardboard coffin. The body of the 93-year-old grandmother lay not in the typical wooden casket, but in biodegradable paper, patterned with Buddhist swastikas...
Mourners who paid their last respects to the late Ms Wang Jin Lian in March were greeted by an unusual sight – a cardboard coffin.
Such paper coffins are a sustainable alternative to wooden coffins, and though they are popular mostly within minority green circles, major funeral parlours here are beginning to pick up on demand. More to the point, “many of our clients are drawn to the idea of expressing their values even in their final arrangements”, said Mr Tan.Unlike traditional wood coffins, cardboard coffins are not varnished with lacquer and do not emit as much damaging gases when incinerated.Inventor and patent-holder of Singapore’s first approved cardboard coffin design Ng Khee Yang said his “eco-ffin” can catch fire in less than three minutes.
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