Funeral business goes greener
A family-run south Norfolk funeral business is going greener by becoming the first in the county to join a new environmentally-aware association. Rosedale Funeral Home, which has branches in Diss, Wymondham, Attleborough, Bungay and Halesworth, has been accepted as a founder member of the Association of Green Funeral Directors, which has been set up to promote environmentally-friendly funerals.
A family-run south Norfolk funeral business is going greener by becoming the first in the county to join a new environmentally-aware association.
Rosedale Funeral Home, which has branches in Diss, Wymondham, Attleborough, Bungay and Halesworth, has been accepted as a founder member of the Association of Green Funeral Directors, which has been set up to promote environmentally-friendly funerals.
It comes after the funeral directors launched a scheme last year offering eco-friendly coffins, including ones made from wild pineapple leaves, woven willow and bamboo.
Staff have also worked with pupils at Wymondham High School to develop a range of environmentally-friendly ashes urns.
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Director Anne Beckett-Allen said: 'Since Rosedale was set up five years ago we have been committed to offering families environmentally-friendly funeral options, so belonging to an association of like-minded professionals is a natural progression for us.'
'Increasingly people are thinking about their green footprint and it's important that we're able to offer greener funeral options.'
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The newly-formed Association of Green Funeral Directors will manage an acorn rating for funeral homes and host an annual award scheme for the country's greenest funeral director.
