The biodegradable burial pod that turns your body into a tree (environment, business)

[JD59]

Your carbon footprint doesn't end in the grave.

While you rest in peace, the wood, the synthetic cushioning and the metals generally used in traditional coffins -- as well as the concrete around reinforced graves -- continue to litter the earth.

Biodegradable burial pod turns your body into a tree - CNN.com

[functionofx]

If I become an apple tree, and someone eats my apples, is it cannibalism?

[Unsettomati]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQJjUbMrt8w

[sansea]

LOVE this idea!

[Marie Joseph]

I'm glad that this is becoming a reality.

I had asked my husband that if I go first to have a tree planted for me and use the ashes to grow it

I don't want a big, depressing funeral or memorial service.

I would rather have a party where relatives gather.

[495neighbor]

I looked into getting one of these pods when my pet passed away. Apparently, the pods add materials to the remains that makes them degrade. Cremation itself is not good for the environment. The ashes alone are not biodegradable. It is well known, many of the rivers in India are polluted as this is the a common end-of-life practice in that country. If these pods do what they are supposed to, I think it is a great solution and I will include it in my own plans for end-of-life.

[SWLF]

Another good option is to use biodegradable caskets. This way the body doesn't have to be cremated or even embalmed.

'Green' burials: Biodegradable caskets, no artificial flowers - ABC News