I heard somewhere if you were going to be cremated you could `hire` a wooden coffin with a cardboard insert and the insert with the person inside would be cremated but the outer coffin could then be reused. Anyone else heard of this?
Personally I was lost for words when I saw the cardboard and willow coffins on this page. Click the cardboard one for a larger image. Note that the cardboard one is NOT a coffin insert - it is the coffin itself.
I find it appalling.
Tamborine, one of the selling points of these cardboard coffins is the fact that they're environmentally friendly, a concept that's more important in a burial than a cremation. As I said, the cardboard ones are indeed coffins in themselves and they are not inserts. The cardboard coffins can be buried in the same way as wooden coffins if the client wishes it so based upon environmental reasons or minimal cost.