By partnering with Passages, funeral professionals can provide innovative and sustainable alternatives to the more than 50% of families expressing interest in greener end-of-life memorial experiences. Whether it is providing biodegradable and scattering urns instead of plastic boxes, clean burning bamboo or jute cremation containers instead of cardboard or Fair Trade woven caskets instead of wood or metal caskets, we are the experts that can help you align with the values and tastes of the modern funeral consumer.
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At Passages we believe that your funeral should reflect your life, and that your remains should never be put in a plastic or cardboard box. That funerals can be simple, sustainable and still meaningful. We believe that every life is unique and special, and should be celebrate that way. We believe that those scattering should be able to create one-of-a-kind experiences that can be digitally stored and shared, and marked so that friends and family can return to the spot.
Please continue to browse our website or ask your funeral professional for details on our sustainable solutions.
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“Great company. We have done business with Passages for many years and they offer great products with the customer service to back them up. I would highly recommend them to any funeral home considering doing business with them.”
- J. Dyck, French Funerals and Cremations
“Great company with authentic ownership and team. We have worked with Passages for many years and they offer great products. The staff is committed to helping us provide the best options for our families. I highly recommend Passages for your green burial (and scattering) needs.”
- Alex Roberts
We provide grieving families with sustainable, meaningful, and healing products to celebrate, honor, and remember a loved one.
Conventional burial in the USA has historically not been sustainable. Precious resources have been wasted and toxic chemicals were the norm.
Passages is committed to providing sustainable and eco-friendly funeral products with which families can create modern, meaningful and healing experiences to remember a departed loved-one. Whether you are interested in a more natural burial or cremation, want to scatter in a sentimentally meaningful location such as a beloved back-country ski trail, or on a surfers “paddle out”, we have the products to create that once-in-a-life-time farewell.
From Mary Woodsen of Cornell University and Greensprings Natural Preserve in Newfield, New York. (Study conducted from 2014 - 2019) Burials in the United States use approximately:
million gallons of embalming fluid
million board ft. of hardwoods, including rainforest woods
million tons of concrete
tons of copper and bronze
Featured Product: Easy-to-Use Scattering Tubes for a Meaningful Tribute
Honor your loved one’s final wishes with our thoughtfully designed scattering tubes. Made from eco-friendly materials, these tubes provide a simple, dignified way to participate in a scattering ceremony—whether by land or sea. Available in a variety of elegant designs and sizes, our scattering tubes are easy to use, biodegradable, and TSA-compliant for travel. Create a beautiful farewell that’s both respectful and sustainable.
Passages International, Inc. was founded in 1999, as the now rapidly-growing demand for green and natural funerals was in its infancy.
Passages is dedicated to providing the best, most sustainable solutions to those seeking environmentally-friendly funeral options, including scattering solutions, biodegradable urns, eco-friendly caskets, and dignified cremation containers. We design most of our products and produce many in-house. We stand behind our unsurpassed quality and service and are proud to offer the largest selection of natural funeral products available.
Where & how do you want to be remembered?
Each Passages biodegradable urn comes with one free GEO code for the Etern.life Memorial Map. This GEO code allows families to Mark the Spot where the remains of a loved one lie and create a personal online memorial. The memorial can include photographs and copy created by loved ones.
Don’t have a GEO code but want to add a pin on our map and create a digital memorial? Have you previously, or are you about to scatter but without a Passages product or GEO code?
Buy one here and create your memorial immediately.