Biodegradable coffin mattresses offer comfort, dignity six feet under

Reuters
October 6, 2015 12:08 MYT
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.
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