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We only use them if you are making funeral arrangements with us in the North West. </b> <p><img src="/images/cardboard_coffin_basic.jpg" class="imageinset" align="left" width="180" border="0" /> Cardboard coffins are one environmentally friendly coffin choice. Some cardboard coffins are plain and a good base for painting or decorating. </p> <BR> <BR> <BR> <p><img src="/images/cardboard_coffin_draw.jpg" class="imageinset" align="left" width="180" border="0" /> Family and friends can paint, stick photos on, stick bits of their loved one's own artwork on the coffin or pictures produced by the family s children. Some families that we ve worked with have put colourful handprints all over the coffin; from the lady s 3month old grandson to her widower, I think there might have been a set of cat s paw prints too. Other families have chosen to write messages on the coffin as part of the ceremony. </p> <p> George Melly (musician, film critic and art lecturer) had a cardboard coffin covered in photos and drawings. And surprisingly the romantic author Barbara Cartland had a cardboard coffin (though it wasn't a pink coffin made from cardboard).</p> <p>The image shown is of pencil drawings covering a coffin.</p> <p><img src="/images/coloured_cardboard_coffin.jpg" class="imageinset" align="left" width="180" border="0" /> Some cardboard coffins are pre-decorated. Shown are coffins with a poppy design and an ivy design (an autumn leaves design is also available). They can come in a wood effect finish. We can also provide themed cardboard coffins. Such as a box of chocolates, a wine bottle, nature scenes, musical and instrument motifs, sports motifs, flags; or we can help you with a design from your imagination or something with family photos on.</p> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <p><img src="/images/pink_coffin_cardboard2.jpg" class="imageinset" align="left" width="180" border="0" />Cardboard coffins are welcomed for use in natural or woodland burial grounds because they are biodegradable and from sustainable resources. They are also accepted at Manchester Crematorium, Oldham Crematorium, Stockport Crematorium, Eccles Crematorium (Peel Green), Salford Crematorium (Agecroft), Walton Lea Crematorium (Warrington), Dukinfield Crematorium (Tameside), Blakely Crematorium and Altrincham Crematorium. Some crematoriums may request that the coffin is put on a wooden base so that it is easier to load into the cremator.</p> <p><img src="/images/photo_cardboard_coffin2.jpg" class="imageinset" align="left" width="180" border="0" />Please note that our cardboard coffins are only available in smaller sizes. </p> <p>Other environmentally friendly coffins available are crafted from willow, wicker, bamboo, seagrass, jute, woven hyacinth leaf, woven banana leaf, papier mache and pandanus.</p> <p>All our eco-coffins are suitable for traditional, green burial or green cremation.</p> <P><img src="/images/pink_coffin.jpg" class="imageinset" align="left" width="180" border="0" />New from Sunset Coffins we have 100% recycled newsprint coffins in a selection of wonderful colours. Colours available include; orange, mustard, lavender, ocean blue, wheat, slate grey, forest green, and dusty pink (shown). Colours are produced using biodegradable pigments and binders. 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