Cardboard caskets gaining popularity as the world goes greener

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Ecocasket manufacturer John Ong says Malaysia has been slow to accept the concept of cardboard caskets, but he is confident that this will change with the younger generation.  Read More:   Laporan Lanjut:   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTSpecialReport #Cardboard #Ecocasket #Environment

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00:00Before she died last August at the age of 92,

00:06Poo Ai Lim had an unusual last wish

00:09to be cremated in a casket made from recycled cardboard.

00:13Poo came to know about paper caskets

00:15during a conversation with her daughter,

00:17KC Han, who works as an estate planner.

00:20I explained to my mother.

00:21My mother said, oh, very good, very good.

00:23Then my mother said,

00:25I'll buy it from you in the future.

00:26Han said Poo took to the idea immediately

00:29because she wanted to do her part

00:30in protecting the environment, even after death.

00:33It's very environmentally friendly.

00:34Many people say,

00:36it's a waste of time.

00:37Let's just leave it

00:39and then we just throw it away.

00:42That's it.

00:43Poo is not the only one who chooses to leave the planet

00:46a better place for the future generation.

00:50A study revealed that the global market size

00:52for green funerals was valued at

00:54US$571.54 million in 2021,

00:58and it is expected to increase by the year

01:01as new technologies and innovations emerge.

01:04Canadian-based Emergen Research also identified Asia-Pacific

01:07as having the largest market share in green funerals,

01:10characterized by the use of sustainable materials.

01:14Andrew Sebastian, CEO of Ecotourism and Conservation Society Malaysia,

01:19is all for the use of cardboard caskets.

01:22So using recycled paper and so on

01:28is much more environmentally sound than wood and metal.

01:33All of us owe a duty of care

01:36to Mother Nature and the environment

01:37to be as eco-friendly as possible.

01:40This includes when we pass on.

01:43Worldwide Eco-Casket Sindiran Berhad CEO John Ong said

01:47he is optimistic about the future of cardboard caskets in Malaysia.

01:51Although reception has been a little slow.

01:54I think the young people are more acceptable.

01:58I hope the younger generation can accept change.

02:02So young people pay for the older people's funeral services.

02:08Ong also explained the factors that made their eco-caskets,

02:11made primarily from industrial-grade recycled paper,

02:14more sustainable than their metal and wooden counterparts.

02:17When you talk about production side,

02:19I think we have less formaldehyde.

02:21I mean, there's no chemicals.

02:23We are using the glue, water glue base.

02:26To add on with that,

02:28anything that is light, you need less energy.

02:32So paper is light.

02:33Wooden caskets are heavy.

02:36You need more energy.

02:37So you need a machine to cut, right?

02:38More energy.

02:40Heavy, hard, always soft.

02:42So eventually we save energy.

02:44Ong also said most of the caskets in Malaysia

02:47are made from medium-density fiberboard,

02:49which takes twice as long to burn during formation

02:51compared to cardboard.

02:54Danish Roger Reza and Tan Ching Tung, F&P News.

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