The first coffin made with a “living” material, which restores human nutrients to nature in the most natural way possible, is made using mycelium.
Mycelium is the underground fungal network of mushrooms that has the function in nature, through collaboration with bacteria and microorganisms, to convert organic materials into nutrients for plants. The coffin takes shape as the mycelium grows in the mould, filled with wood shavings to allow the dense fungal network to act as a biological binder that assembles itself. Once the coffin shape is obtained, the material that composes it is dried naturally with the aim of stopping growth.
The final result is a strong and light structure, which only after burial and a long exposure to underground water, will be reactivated to proceed with the composting process.
The first coffin that becomes one with nature
Category
End of Life
Europe - Netherlands