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e c o - c o ffi n s
from product to business
why? sustainability in the business
There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a very few of them.Victor Papanek
• 70% of families in the UK consider being ‘eco friendly’ either important or very important.
• Green funeral business is increasing between 25-30% each year (biodegradable coffins to woodland burial grounds)
• Research from the Post Office in 2007 found that 35% of people in the UK planned an eco-friendly funeral whereas the research just conducted by FMC in 2009 shows that this figure has risen dramatically.
• 9 out of 10 individuals would consider an environmentally friendly coffin when planning their own funeral
Where is the market?
• Coffins / caskets (the most visible eco opportunity)*• Urns• Embalming choices and alternatives• Burial / natural burial• Cremation• Carbon neutral funerals• Flowers (growing practices / air freight)• Business impacts (energy, paper, technology, transport)
Aspects to consider
*A symbol of the whole funeral
3,000,000 kg 80,000,000 kg
70,000 m2 1,500,000 Tonnes
resource use, land use, toxins (EPA), scale (2 PM)
Wood chips / wood flourGlue 250,000 kg PAPlastic Some Halogenated Plastics like PVC (restricted in 275 countries)Metal coatings Nickel listed as ground contaminant and hazardous air pollutantFinishes VOC effect on workers and atmosphere & residue
NZ less resource use but more toxins, burn / bury