The following is a list of green distributors to reference after reading the Green Funerals article. Where available, there are links to the vendor's website or an email address.
888-480-6400
From salt urns that disintegrate after four hours in water to bio-friendly cornstarch urns (that do not biodegrade until burial) and woven caskets built to hold up to 300 lbs., Earth Urn's specialty is green burial products. There are also deep water Shells that will float before sinking to the depths and disintegrating.
www.kinkaraco.com
415-874-9698
KINKARACO™ Green Burial Products is a pioneer Green burial company founded by a cemetery worker in 2004 to locally manufacture 100% biodegradable American-made burial shrouds, cremation shrouds, removal shrouds and other ceremonial funeral products for the public, funeral homes and cemeteries all over the USA and around the world.
www.angels-flight.net
661-373-2662
Angels Flight of Castaic, Calif., founded in 1996, will disperse your cremated remains via one of its fireworks displays.
www.arkwoodcaskets.com/naturalburial.html
888-482-7135
Arkwood Caskets arrive flat. Assembled with non-toxic glue, 100 percent earth-friendly. Easy to assemble. $599 plus shipping.
www.ncnaturalburial.com
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Bury Me Naturally offers corrugated fiberboard coffins's from $200 for natural to $425 for decorated versions. Wood caskets are priced from $900 for regular size to $2000 for extra large.
www.colorfulcoffins.com
650-892-2515
Colorful Coffins provide a biodegradable coffin made sustainably from bamboo, pandanus, banana sheaf and willow. The manufacturers have Fair Trade Certification. The cardboard or wood ones can be decorated by you, your friends and family, or by us. This company also provides hand-painted gourds as cremation urns, natural fiber bags for cremated remains and natural fiber shrouds.
www.naturalburialcompany.com
ARKA's Ecopod is a revolutionary design in coffins made from naturally hardened, 100% recycled paper - mainly newsprint and office paper - and a non-toxic natural hardener, the Ecopod is ideal for a green burial or clean cremation.
www.ecoffinsusa.com
Ecoffins are delivered complete with everything you need for a final send-off: a fitted casket/coffin liner, bamboo headrest and a cotton shroud. (The shroud may be used for wrapping the body for burial, or may be personalized by family members prior to (or during) a ceremony and placed with the remains in the final resting place.)
www.abbeycaskets.com/index.asp
800-987-7380
Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana specializes in wooden caskets as well as urns and keepsake crosses. All are handmade by local woodworkers residing near the Archabbey.
www.piercechemical.com
800-527-6419
The Pierce Companies
www.champion-newera.com
800-328-0115
The Champion Company - Ecobalming Chemicals