[Hilarysmum]

Would it be so terrible if they did recycle coffins? 

[Rosemary]

Wouldn't be much fun for the folk who had to remove the corpses from the coffin and dispose of them.

I quite like the idea of a coffin made from my sheeps' wool.

[Tullywood Farm]

I quite like the idea of recycled cardboard, wool has many more uses than being buried in the ground.

Yuck that thought is not nice - I think I would prefer the crematorium, can't stand the thought of ll those worms, slugs and spiders.

Julie

[Fluffywelshsheep]

Wouldn't be much fun for the folk who had to remove the corpses from the coffin and dispose of them.

I quite like the idea of a coffin made from my sheeps' wool.

I can't see a prob with this unless it's an open coffin . the corpses could be wrapped in cloth beforehand then taken out and pop in.

Linz

[Womble]

Er, doesn't wool smell a bit when it burns? 

[Rosemary]

So do humans. Bit like roast pork, I've been told.

[Womble]

T.M.I. Rosemary! 

[doganjo]

What's T.M.I.? 

[Tullywood Farm]

Too Much Information Annie -    Julie x

[doganjo]

I'm an old lady - stop trying to confuse me   All these new fangled initials and stuff

[marigold]

Felted coffins are a great idea. Saw an advert for a swedish set of wooden shelves the other day that you can take apart and re - slot together into a coffin when the day comes. Saves the kids worrying about whether they really should spend the extra £250 on brass handles or not. Perhaps we could use our felt coffins as insulation until they are no longer needed. I put fleece under my soft fruit bushes and it keeps them going for years. Not sure that I like the idea of being planted under soft fruit and the grandchildren being nourished on my composted remains (and its probably illegal) but a few rose bushes kept alive by a mixture of wool and old bones would be fine.
A nice blue faced leicester felt coffin wouldn't be at all itchy.
Rosemary - I saw that you were asking us our skills on another thread - mine are in art and design - particularly the creation of funky textiles. Perhaps I will be inspired to branch into a new world of coffins.
I recently went to a green fayre and the only sustainable coffins they were offering were from bamboo and willow made in China. I suggested that shipping coffins all the way from China wasn't very sustainable - but the man in the suit wasn't buying it. It was a cheap way of giving people something that mad them feel ok about their choices.
Kirsty

[Hilarysmum]

Wouldn't be much fun for the folk who had to remove the corpses from the coffin and dispose of them.

Someone has to put them into the coffins in the first place. 

[gavo]

I'm pretty sure i've seen British made willow coffins on the net mother wants a sustainble coffin i've got to say as coffins go they were really nice not all square and austere but soft in style

[BadgerFace]

Cardboard box for me  or compost heap - anywhere, just not a churchyard !

There is an old tradition of placing a piece of fleece on the body of shepherds in their coffins. Apparently to show St. Peter when they get to 'the gates' that they are a shepherd. And the reason why they only attended church rarely during their life on earth was due to being too busy caring for their flock. 

I wonder if a woolly coffin would be an acceptable pass 

[Tullywood Farm]

Wooden Coffins are sustainable too - as long as you go for plywood with rope handles whats wrong with that - they will take the weight of any sizxe of a person, you may struggle with other solutions, don't want them falling out halfway down the church service now, through the bottom 
The reason wood is used is because it rots well over a long period.
It is a renewable source.  People as always took it to extreme with the posh brass handles
and silk linings and polishing rarer wood -
Now I think people are looking for an alternative for unreal reasons

If it aint broke - don't fix it - theres plenty of other things to fix out there

Julie