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France’s first bicycle-hearse brings ‘softness’ to funerals

The ‘corbicyclette’ is shaking up the French funeral business by transporting coffins to the cemetery on a bicycle, a quiet, eco-friendly alternative to the traditional hearse

Ecological burials gain popularity in France in face of tradition

Eco-friendly alternatives such as cardboard coffins had been slow to take off in France, where Catholic values have traditionally shaped funeral rites

Cardboard coffins 'save cash and trees'

A businesswoman in the south of France is producing cardboard coffins because she says they are more ecological and cheaper than traditional wooden coffins.

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France’s first bicycle-hearse brings ‘softness’ to funerals

Ecological burials gain popularity in France in face of tradition

Cardboard coffins 'save cash and trees'

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