Living coffin developed by Dutch start-up, body composts more efficiently

A student start-up Loop has developed a coffin made from mycelium that helps body "compost more efficiently" and removes toxic substances producing richer conditions for new trees and plants to grow. 'Living Cocoon' developed by students at Delft University Of Techlogy, Nerlands will help body compost more quickly because it actively contributes to composting process. 

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new form of burial is ready to be applied in practice as it has been tested in collaboration with two major funeral cooperatives CUVO ( Hague) and De Laatste Eer (Delft). start-up claims that coffin t only contributes to composting process but also improves quality of soil around it using mycelium, which rmally grows underground in complex root structure of trees, plants, and fungi. 

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Pollutionless

" Living Cocoon enables people to become one with nature again and to enrich soil, instead of polluting it. speed at which a body composts generally depends on various conditions, but experience shows that it can take over a decade. varnished and metal parts of a coffin, as well as syntic clothing, can persist for even longer. Loop expects that ir coffin will be able to complete this entire process in two to three years because it actively contributes to composting process," said Bob Hendrikx, founder of Loop, in a release on Delft University's website.

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"As a regional funeral organization, we think it is important to be involved in sustainable invation like this. It fits our objective to be a sustainable co-operative funeral service," said Frank Franse, director of CUVO and De Laatste Eer. first batch of ten coffins is w ready for use. CUVO even completed first funeral with this coffin last week. 

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