An eco-friendly urn that uses ice to slowly dissolve and release cremated remains has been created by American designer Diane Leclair Bisson. This eco-friendly urn is a sealed ice container shaped with a cavity that can hold a huge volume of ashes. The patented design minimizes the carbon footprint through its re-usable shaping moulds, as Designbloom detailed:
the ice urn minimizes the carbon footprint considerably by producing re-usable shaping moulds, and employing low-energy freezing methods. it is designed for the dispersion of cremated remains in a stream, lake, in the ocean – or even in soil.
‘the ice urn is a deeply sustainable object in its essence,’ says bisson. ‘the concept of making a dissolvable memorial object through the transformation of water into a solid form of ice – while encapsulating cremation ashes within it – is truly innovative.’
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