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Eco-Friendly Coffins Made from Sunflower Waste

Pivert Funeraire, a French company, has designed eco-friendly coffins made from plant-based waste like sunflower, rapeseed, and sawdust. These coffins burn more cleanly than traditional ones, reducing pollution. The coffins' plain surface allows friends and family to decorate them with messages, drawings, or flowers during the ceremony, making the moment more shared and creative. In France, around 600,000 coffins are used every year, contributing to pollution. Solutions like Pivert are reimagining traditional moments to be gentler on the planet and more meaningful.

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The essential points

  1. 01Pivert Funeraire's coffins are made from plant-based waste like sunflower, rapeseed, and sawdust.
  2. 02These coffins burn more cleanly than traditional ones, reducing pollution.
  3. 03Friends and family can decorate the coffins with messages, drawings, or flowers during the ceremony.
  4. 04Around 600,000 coffins are used in France every year, contributing to pollution.
The full brief

Pivert Funeraire, a French company, has designed eco-friendly coffins made from plant-based waste like sunflower, rapeseed, and sawdust. These coffins burn more cleanly than traditional ones, reducing pollution. The coffins' plain surface allows friends and family to decorate them with messages, drawings, or flowers during the ceremony, making the moment more shared and creative.

In France, around 600,000 coffins are used every year, contributing to pollution. Solutions like Pivert are reimagining traditional moments to be gentler on the planet and more meaningful.