LIFESTYLE
Biodegradable coffin mattresses offer comfort, dignity six feet under
Biodegradable mattresses for coffins - Pix from Mollis Lectus
A Dutch company is providing a dignified farewell for the dead with biodegradable mattresses for coffins.
Lydia de Paus, the founder of Mollis Lectus which means a soft bed in Latin, came up with the idea after the death of a friend.
"There was a nice pillow (in the coffin), but no mattress," she said "it made me think that all people should be able to lie on a mattress with dignity."
The company provides the mattresses to undertakers in the Netherlands and is in negotiations to ship them to partners in England.
Lydia de Paus, the founder of Mollis Lectus which means a soft bed in Latin, came up with the idea after the death of a friend.
"There was a nice pillow (in the coffin), but no mattress," she said "it made me think that all people should be able to lie on a mattress with dignity."
The company provides the mattresses to undertakers in the Netherlands and is in negotiations to ship them to partners in England.