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The coffins, made from mushrooms and hemp fibers, allow human remains to become food sources for the earth once they die, founder Bob Hendrikx said.

Instead, the archaeologists were astonished to discover dozens of expensive coffins jammed together, piled to the ceiling as if in a warehouse.

The last thing anyone wants to do just after the loss is sit across from a salesperson in a high-pressure, time-sensitive situation making important and expensive choices.

The coffins may be green, but customers won’t need much green to buy one. "My most expensive coffin will be $995 and I want to get it even lower," he said.

The oak coffin for Queen Elizabeth II was made decades before the monarch's funeral and carries with it a special history.

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Fenella Probert has seen her Far North company Zenith Eco Coffins take off in the past two years as more people look for environmentally friendly alternatives to expensive coffins.

Funerals can be very expensive, but planning ahead and finding ways to lower funeral expenses can make a stressful time more manageable.

A son honoured his roofer father's dying wish for a cut-price funeral by building his coffin from used scaffolding boards and transporting him to church on the back of his work van.