GBC-Certified Product Providers
Shrouds
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KINKARACO® Green Funeral Products
San Francisco, CA 415-874-9698 Website "In 2005 KINKARACO ® took the most ancient funeral object—the shroud—and transformed it into an affordable easy to use modern GREEN funeral product for funeral homes to offer people seeking green burial and cremation, replacing both clothing and caskets." Life Forest’s Wool Cremation Burial Shrouds
Hillsborough, NH 603-315-0790 Website "Life Forest’s Wool Cremation Burial Shrouds are elegant, soft, beautiful and made of 100 percent wool. In essence, wrapping your loved one in warm comfort. Our search for the perfect biodegradable urn option led us on a scientific journey. We wanted to ensure that whatever we placed in the earth would not only act as an environmental protectant from the alkaline in the cremains, but also would nourish our families' memorial trees as the product biodegraded. The answer came in the form of wool. Wool in fact, upon biodegrading, becomes a natural rich compost for the burial tree, releasing sulfur, nitrogen, and magnesium." |
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Caskets
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"Our products are designed to move the funeral and burial process to a greener and more human-centered place. We can only achieve this through continuous attention to the environmental impact of our products and practices and by attentively listening to our client's ideas for meaningful ceremony."
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Concept Caskets, Inc.
St-Edouard de Lotbiniere, Quebec 800-463-9515 Website "Our daily mission being to supply flawless caskets is our testimony towards bereaved families. We definitely understand the importance of the last ritual, therefore producing the casket you have chosen for the loved one in a dignified and respectful manner." |
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Fiddlehead Casket Company
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 506-262-2211 Website "The fiddlehead casket kit is proudly certified as a 3-leaf level product, the highest rating offered by the Green Burial Council.You don't need to buy your casket from a funeral home. Ideal for both immediate use or future planning, it can be assembled in under 30 minutes using only the included hammer. With all-wood construction and no metal, the kit is ideal for green burial or cremation." |
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Florence Casket Company
Florence, MA 800-543-6929 Website "Crafting quality caskets since 1873. Located in the beautiful town of Florence in Western Mass, Family-owned Florence Casket has been a leader in finely crafted caskets for over a century. Florence Casket Company manufactures environmentally friendly products. We gladly customize caskets to your specifications with regard to finishes, moldings, hardware, and interiors, making a casket unique like the individual." |
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Green Hollow Woodworking
Newport, VA 540-641-6818 "Green Hollow Woodworking is owned and operated by the Strange family in the Virginia Highlands where they have a small homestead they are working on restoring using sustainable practices. In the spring of 2021 Brent’s dad received a diagnosis of stage IV inoperable esophageal cancer and he asked Brent to build his casket. The experience along with the home burial they had for his dad planted the idea of making simple, elegant, timeless caskets for other families and helping them find alternate ways to bury their loved ones without toxic chemicals and having a more hands on and intimate approach to saying good bye." |
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Passages International, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM 888-480-6400 Website "A growing number of people are looking for greener funeral options. Passages offers the most complete selection of sustainably produced and biodegradable urns, caskets, and memorial products. We are dedicated to offering personalized options to families who desire environmentally-friendly choices for their end-of-life rituals." |
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Starmark Cremation Products
Richmond, IN 888-366-7335 Website Starmark Cremation and Funeral Products began in 2004 and today leads in all of its market segments occupying more than 220,000 square feet of space in its Richmond, Indiana and Lakeland, Florida locations combined. Starmark manufactures products such as ceremonial rental caskets, corrugated fiberboard inserts, Artisan alternative cremation containers, and urns (Starmark is the largest maker of cremation urns in North America). Starmark Cremation Products are sold directly to Funeral Homes and Crematories nationwide and through authorized casket distribution companies continent-wide. |
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The Wooden Casket
Tompkinsville, KY 270-427-8912 Website "We're proud to offer the highest quality, most unique caskets on the market today. From our family to yours, we put lots of love and careful attention in each casket. We know this is a difficult time and hope to make choosing your loved ones final resting place and peaceful as possible. The Wooden Casket is the only one building a casket out of yearly renewable hemp wood." |
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Victoriaville Funeral Supplies
Victoriaville, Quebec 819-752-3388 Website "Respect for nature is a priority here at Victoriaville & Co. As a casket manufacturer, we draw on nature’s abundance, and it is our responsibility to conserve these resources to guarantee their sustainability. Our most cherished value is, of course, offering our clients exceptional quality while preserving the environment." |
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Urns
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Nordmark Jacobsen
North Vancouver, British Columbia 604-366-9424 Website "We set out to make a biodegradable urn with the high quality and functionality of a permanent urn at an attractive price. Developed in consultation with the Danish funeral industry, casket manufacturers and crematoriums, we developed NatureUrn., vegetable based and completely biodegradable." |
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Passages International, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM 888-480-6400 Website "A growing number of people are looking for greener funeral options. Passages offers the most complete selection of sustainably produced and biodegradable urns, caskets, and memorial products. We are dedicated to offering personalized options to families who desire environmentally-friendly choices for their end-of-life rituals." |
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Roots Eco Tree Urn
Montreal, Quebec 514-318-7122 Website "When a life ends, another one begins. Planting a tree is a highly symbolic ritual aimed at perpetuating life. The tree later becomes a place for recollection where memories are rooted." |
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Embalming ChemicalsThe Champion Company
Springfield, OH 800-328- 0115 Website "These chemicals are a safe, effective, non toxic, non hazardous alternative to traditional toxic/formaldehyde embalming chemicals. Based on a complex mix of essential plant-based oils in a near-anhydrous carrier, ENIGMA chemicals deliver significant chemostasis effects with good cosmetic/restorative results, excellent temporary sanitation and acceptable temporary preservation." |
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Green Burial Council
2720 Cold Springs Road Placerville, CA 95667 888-966-3330 info@greenburialcouncil.org |
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