Netherlands: Mushroom Coffins Turn Bodies into Compost

In the Netherlands you can keep helping the planet after you die -- by opting for a living coffin made of mushrooms which speeds up the decomposition of your body. The coffin turns corpses into compost that enriches the soil thanks to mycelium, the root structure of fungi. The "Living Cocoon" is a world first, according to Bob Hendrikx, who invented the idea in his student laboratory at Delft Technical University. "This is the world's first living coffin, and actually last Saturday the first human being in the Netherlands was composted and returned into the cycle of life," he told AFP

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