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.