Japan’s Eco-coffins

Japan is playing catch up again, this time with Hong Kong. Hong has had reasons to buy an eco-coffin for sometime. Now, it’s Japan’s turn at making eco-coffins.

A coffin that uses half the wood of a conventional coffin is tree friendly and burns more quickly, saving energy.

Additionally, the company that is making them in Japan will plant 10 red pines in Mongolia for each coffin that is purchased.

Nearly everyone in Japan is cremated when the time comes. It makes sense that over the next 80 years or so, 120 million people are burned in something more environmentally friendly. Besides that would be 120 million X 10 trees each planted up north.

What I don’t get is if the thing is going to be burned, why all the fuss for a $1500 dollar box? Why not a space heater box or something like that?

I hope my family wastes no money trying to dispose of me.