A growing trend is the eco-friendly option. Coffins and caskets are available in a variety of materials which are gentle on the environment. With bamboo, banana leaves, water hyacinth and cardboard as materials to choose from, here are just a selection of the green funeral options available today.

Bamboo Casket is committed to maintaining a positive ecological footprint by offering products that are innovative, stylish and renewable.

Northwood Casket handcraft fine wooden caskets in a way that preserves and protects our precious natural resources and Earth’s beautiful landscapes.

Green Coffins Ireland specialise in the manufacture and supply of environmentally friendly coffins and urns in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Caring Coffins is a family-run business, providing coffins made from Bamboo, Willow and Wicker, Seagrass, Water Hyacnith and Abaca.

Natural Legacy’s caskets are produced using 100% British wool, sewn in the UK and assembled in our plant in Portland, Tennessee.

Based in Kent, UK, ecoffins produces beautiful and comforting products in the most environmentally sustainable and ethical manner.

Eco Bamboo Coffins are hand made in China from bamboo grown in licensed plantations, and are fashioned from solid bamboo furniture boards.

Somerset Willow Company’s willow coffins are lovingly handmade and finished in their Somerset workshops using locally-grown willow.

Serendipity is a family business based in Perth, Australia, providing an alternative and wider range of eco-friendly coffins.