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Parley Green

Discover the Parley Green difference

Made using premium recycled materials, you can now provide environmentally-conscious families with a high-quality, sustainable choice when saying goodbye to their loved ones.

About us

Premium, eco-friendly cardboard coffins and caskets

We specialise in premium, eco-friendly cardboard coffins and caskets, as well as our unique flat packed caskets — perfect for direct cremation. Our mission is to transform perceptions of cardboard, offering a high-quality, sustainable choice for the environmentally conscious.

Craftsman finishing a coffin in the Parley Green workshop
Our heritage

A family business, five decades in the making

Operating from Dorset as part of a family-run enterprise with over five decades of manufacturing and distribution experience, our range is the result of two years of dedicated product development — and is FSA approved.

Forest board corner and wood grain detail
Sustainability

Made in the UK, not imported

Our coffins are manufactured from 80% recycled premium grade, double-walled, corrugated, sustainable cardboard — with natural rope handles, water-based adhesives and a minimal-resource manufacturing approach. Because everything is made here in the UK rather than imported, and cardboard cremates with far lower carbon emissions than wood, every coffin is a genuinely lower-impact choice.

80% recycled materials

Premium grade, double-walled, corrugated sustainable cardboard with natural rope handles.

FSA approved

Approved for both cremation and burial, meeting the standards required by funeral homes, crematoriums and woodland burial facilities.

UK manufacturing

All production occurs in the UK using water-based adhesives and minimal resources.

Our people

Meet the team

The family and craftspeople behind Parley Green.

James Martin — Managing Director

James Martin

Managing Director

With 30 years' experience in high-quality manufacturing, James wanted to fill the void between wood and cardboard coffins. He then spent 2 years building the team and developing the product range.

Andrew Mathews — Head of Parley Green

Andrew Mathews

Head of Parley Green

Andrew is an expert in cardboard engineering with almost 20 years' experience in the field. He designs all of our coffins and caskets, and designed the UK's first cardboard pack-flat casket.

Katie Pike — Project Account Executive

Katie Pike

Project Account Executive

Katie is responsible for managing all internal and external client projects from initiation to completion — ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.

Charlotte McGovern — Marketing Manager

Charlotte McGovern

Marketing Manager

Charlotte helps raise awareness of Parley Green's eco-friendly cardboard coffins and commitment to sustainability. She drives our digital strategy, ensuring we reach the right audiences and promote greener choices in the funeral industry.

Reviews

What our customers say

The flat packed direct cremation coffin is a brilliant product that we tested thoroughly with our local crematoriums to make sure they are up to spec.
JoeRowland Brothers
A friendly team, excellent service, and coffins that meet our criteria for environmental care when conducting our direct cremation with natural interment of cremated remains services.
ChrisThe Natural Burial Company
We confidently recommend the eco friendly coffins from Parley Green, including the cardboard caskets which come flat packed taking up less storage space.
NickWhite Rose Modern Funerals
The stand out is your staff and customer service. You listen to your clients and are willing to work with them.
KeithRichard Steel and Partners
It's great to see that Parley Green are doing well so soon after their launch.
BeckyDaisy Chain Celebrants
We are really impressed with both the speed of delivery and the quality of the coffins.
PeteAll Faiths Remembrance Parks

Come and see the range in person

We welcome visits to our Dorset manufacturing facility — get in touch to arrange a time.