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.
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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.