Deep Water Bio Urns at Sea
The Shell Deep Water Bio Urns
The Shell Deep Water Bio Urn is designed to provide families with a clearly themed product that will float momentarily before sinking and degrading naturally. Each Shell is hand made from recycled paper. The product includes convenient protective packaging that has been custom designed for safe and discreet transportation. The packaging can be recycled once the services have taken place.
Dimensions: 16" x 16" x 6" (400 cubic inches or 6.60 litres)
Features
* Fabricated by hand from recycled and earth- friendly materials
* Biodegrades naturally over time
* Engineered to float for approximately five minutes before descending gracefully
* Individually hand-painted
* Includes custom designed, protective carrying case for convenient and discreet transportation
* Easy to load the cremated remains and no assembly required
* Exceeds durable container and TSA airline carry-on requirements
* Includes water-soluble plastic bag for cremated remains
* Dimensions: 16 inches x 16 inches x 6 inches (ample room for personal notes, mementos or two sets of cremated remains
Coffins
The coffin should not be made of a persistent synthetic material nor of a species of timber ie oak which would endure in the marine environment. It must not contain zinc, lead or copper. Weights must be placed in the coffin and to the body to keep them at the sea bed. The weight and type of ballast will be recommended by DEFRA (for the coffin 4 cwt and the body 10% of the weight). This may vary so ask DEFRA.
The coffin will need to have a series of holes bored in the sides of the coffin to allow rapid ingress of water and escape of air so that the coffin may reach the sea bed quickly and stay there.
Other information for consideration:
The body must not be embalmed. DEFRA specifies a cotton sheet or paper substitute or a bio degradable body bag to put the body in.
A certificate of freedom from fever and infection should be obtained from the GP or hospital doctor, together with a copy of the death certificate and the form releasing the body for removal out of England should be submitted to the District Fisheries office.
The DEFRA reserves the right to inspect the coffin prior to the sea burial. Normally the local DEFRA office must be informed on the day prior to the date of the burial and immediately after. If there are adverse weather conditions the licence can be amended and other circumstances causing delay will be looked at sympathetically.
