A Canterbury business is importing wool coffins so the families of the dead can give them a natural send-off. The wool coffins are manufactured in Britain and have been brought to New Zealand by Darfield wool exporter and blanket businesswoman Polly McGuckin. The greening of deathcare is nothing new, of course; back in 2008 we had an in-depth article from Andrew Whitaker discussing the greening of the American funeral home, and way back in 2001 the BBC ran a story about bamboo caskets. But enough with the Four of the coffins, uncovered in the church choir a brown frieze frock in a crude serge wool, a plain fabric shirt, leg warmers or chausses in serge wool and leather mules (shoes) with cork soles. A devotional scapular was wrapped around her right To help it survive — and thrive — in Britain’s shrinking textile industry, Hainsworth, a 225-year-old, family-run wool mill in West Yorkshire, England, has developed niche uses for wool. Its product range includes the uniforms worn by the Royal Here’s a win-win if we ever saw one: You can spend eternity in the postmortem equivalent of a Snuggie, AND it’s better for the environment. Corpses are one thing we’re never going to be able to stop throwing away, so it’s worth finding lower-impact A venerable British textile firm, weavers of the distinctive Hudson’s Bay point blanket, is branching out into cosy, environmentally friendly wool coffins. They come in your choice of brown or ecru, updated for this season in North America with an .
AN environmentally friendly and cost-conscious coffin made entirely of British wool is set to be sold in the US. Hainsworth, the Leeds-based textile manufacturer behind the innovative product, said that samples were due to be shipped to US distributors any Wool coffins - they're to die for. Quips aside, the coffins have been creating plenty of interest, since the burial of the first New Zealander in a casket made from wool earlier this year. Darfield woman Polly McGuckin has the rights to import the coffins The coffin's exterior is 100% British wool with six jute handles attached "That's feeding demand for eco-coffins," says Rosie Inman-Cook, the center's manager. Other green caskets are typically made from cardboard, wicker and even papier-mâché The Swaledale is made from sheep's wool anchored around a strong recycled cardboard frame Personalized embroidered woolen nameplates of the dearly departed. The coffins will be distributed by Tyne & Wear company JC Atkinson. .
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