Green Coffins

Living on Earth

Specially for Halloween, Steve Curwood talks with builder Will Maertens (MYRHH-tins) of Redding, California who builds biodegradable coffins and coffin kits out of rice straw pressed into plywood. Maertens’ says his do-it-yourself CasKits are also less expensive to build and own than other coffins currently on the market.

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