Biodegradable Urns for Ashes

Our range of biodegradable urns for ashes has been mindfully designed for families who wish to have an eco-friendly burial. We offer unique, handcrafted biodegradable urns for water burial and burial urns for land burial too. 

Choosing a biodegradable urn

Water or ground? A biodegradable urn is made to break down naturally once it is placed in water or buried. Some of the urns here are made for a water burial in the sea or a lake, some for burial in the ground, and a few suit both. Each product page says which. You can also browse biodegradable urns for water burial and biodegradable burial urns on their own.

What are they made of? The water urns here are made from materials such as a blend of sand and natural gelatin, natural salt, or paper. The urns for the ground include designs made from tree bark, cornstarch and bamboo. Many come with a biodegradable bag for the ashes and need no glue. Our guide to what biodegradable urns are made of explains each material.

What size? The ashes of an average adult come to about 3 to 3.5 litres, and most of the adult urns here hold between 3 and 4 litres. The smaller sizes hold a share of the ashes. Every urn lists its capacity in litres, and our urn size guide explains how to find out the volume of the ashes you have.

More help. How quickly an urn breaks down depends on its material; our guide to how long biodegradable urns last covers this. We also explain how urns are buried and the rules on scattering ashes.