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Biodegradable Urns are an easy way to honor your loved ones while respecting nature and the environment. The Living Urn strives to ensure that passed loved ones are respected and given proper memorials while remaining eco-friendly.

How Does a Bio Urn Work?

A bio urn is a container to place a loved one’s ashes that doesn’t harm the environment. In the case of burial, water, and scatter urns, once exposed to the elements, the container will start to biodegrade and integrate back into the environment. Another form of bio urns is living urns, where you use your loved one’s remains to nurture and grow a tree, plant, or flowers, creating a growing memorial.

Discover the Types of Bio Urns

• The Living Urn

The Living Urn is an urn that uses your loved one’s ashes to help grow a tree, making a living and growing urn that you can care for to help remember and honor past loved ones.

• Eco Burial Urn

The Eco Burial Urn is a biodegradable urn for your loved one’s ashes. Once buried and exposed to moisture and the elements, it will biodegrade.

• Eco Scattering Urn

An Eco Scattering Urn is a container that transports your ashes to the area where you plan to scatter them.

• Eco Water Urn

An Eco-water urn is designed so that when you place it in a body of water, it will float, with the bottom starting to give way, elegantly scattering your loved one's ashes throughout the water.

Why Consider Bio Urns to Honor Your Loved One?

• Allows for a sense of closure
  
• Something to symbolize and remember them by
  
• Putting them to rest in a meaningful place
  
• Environmentally Friendly
  
• Caring for a living urn can provide a sense of remembrance

Common Bio Urn FAQs

What is a biodegradable urn?

A biodegradable urn can be anything from an eco-safe biodegradable container to a growing living plant. A biodegradable urn is an urn that does not harm the environment but still allows you to remember and honor your deceased loved one. Burial urns are buried in the ground while scattering urns are used to spread ashes around a particular area or body of water; both biodegrade after a certain amount of time. Tree Urns are urns where you put your loved one's ashes into a container, where they are used to nurture and grow a tree, turning that tree into a living memorial of someone who passed.

How long will a biodegradable urn last?

The longevity of a biodegradable urn depends on the type of urn used, burial soil or water conditions, material, and how you build it.

• The Living Urn, designed to grow a living memorial from recycled materials, will not degrade until placed in the ground as long as it is kept away from the elements in a safe place such as a garage or a basement. Once planted and exposed to soil and moisture, the urn will soften and immediately biodegrade, allowing the roots to proliferate and the tree to grow unimpeded. Some options for this are The Living Urn Planter™, The Living Urn Indoors/Patio, and Living Urn BioUrn® - System Only for if you already have your tree, plant, or flowers you want to use.
  
• An eco-burial urn, commonly constructed with wood or bamboo, can last 1 to 20 years after burial. For example, the Eco-Burial Urn is made of bamboo, which will not degrade until burial, allowing it to be used as a traditional urn. Once buried, it will biodegrade within 1 year to 18 months.
• Eco-scattering Urns are used to scatter ashes on land. They are made durable to withstand any traveling that may be required for the memorial and funeral, ensuring that your loved one’s remains are kept safe until it is time to be scattered. The Living urn’s Eco-Scattering Urns are 100% biodegradable and made from bamboo, making them an excellent option for scattering ashes on land.
  
• Eco-water Urns, usually made with paper and recycled plant materials, will break down 1 to 30 minutes after exposure to water, depending on the water conditions. For example, the Eco-Water Urn will float when placed in water, the bottom of the urn will cave in, and the remains will gracefully scatter throughout the water within 1-3 minutes.
  

How to plant a biodegradable urn?

Planting a biodegradable urn using The Living Urn: Bio Urn is simple: Place the cremated remains into the Bio urn, pour the Rootprotect additive on top of the ashes, dig the hole, and follow the instructions when picking a place. Put the young tree's roots into the urn and place the urn in the hole. Fill the hole with soil and press down to stabilize the tree, and finally, apply water and mulch regularly to help support its growth. Using The Living Urn: Bio Urn - System Only is much the same except for the tree; instead of ordering a tree along with the urn, you only receive the urn and other add-ons. You then use different sources to get your tree, plant, or flowers to use with the urn.

What is a biodegradable urn made of?

The Living Urn's biodegradable urns are made of bamboo, wood, or paper. The Living Urn only uses materials that can naturally biodegrade and are eco-friendly, ensuring that your loved one and the environment are respected. This is why The Living Urn offers multiple types of eco-friendly urns and memorial options, including Living Urns, scattering urns, Memorial Jewelry, Water Urns, and biodegradable burial urns, all made with eco-friendly materials while being mindful of the environment.

How much do bio urns cost?

• A Living Urn from TheLivingUrn.com can cost anywhere from $129 to $175, depending on the type.
  
• Biodegradable Urns typically range anywhere from $50 to $350
  
• Eco Scattering Urns oftentimes cost $50-$100

What are the benefits of biodegradable urns?

• Affordable
  
• Eco-friendly
  
• Multiple types to choose from
  
• Personalization’s available