It’s all done in seven days and the coffins biodegrade in 45 days, Hendrikx said. The company’s products can be used in traditional burial, cremations and natural burials, Hendrikx added.

A Dutch intrepid inventor is now "growing" coffins by putting mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, together with hemp fiber in a special mold that, in a week, turns into what could basically ...

Dutch startup Loop Biotech grows mushroom and hemp fiber-based coffins that take a week to make, and about a month and a half to biodegrade in soil. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...