cheaper, a little more environmentally friendly and personalized, cooperative funeral directors have just opened

After Nantes, Bordeaux and Rennes, it is in Dijon that the model of a funeral cooperative was created. More ecological and less expensive funerals…. We take stock of this new concept.

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A coffin built with ecological materials as the last resting place. Organize a funeral for a loved one without spending too much. Here are some of the services offered by the Info funéraire Dijon association. She opened a cooperative funeral service in Burgundy last August. After Nantes, which is a pioneer in France, Bordeaux and Rennes, that of Dijon is the first in the great East.

“We want the human before the financial”

Florence Bardon, president of the cooperative funeral directors of Dijon explains to us what a funeral cooperative is: “The funeral service belongs to employees, families, partners, communities, associations. So there is total transparency of prices and services ”. The only condition is to pay 100 euros to become a member of the association.

In France, there are generally two types of funeral organization: public funeral directors of municipalities and private funeral directors of independent companies. Faced with these models, the cooperative promises more “reasonable” for the organization of the funeral.

Very dear deceased

For families and loved ones, funerals can represent a very significant cost. It takes between 3,000 and 5,000 euros or more to bury someone. Jacques-Yves Carton is a member client. He is convinced that there is a real difference “I asked one of my neighbors. There is about 600 to 1000 euros difference [avec des obsèques classiques]. We are often forced. The death that happens is not always expected. You are confused. And that’s where we take the opportunity to load the mule “he regrets

But for Jacques-Yves Carton, retiree and member of the cooperative, what counted is not only the cost. He especially appreciates the guarantee of transparency which, according to him, allows “ demystify this whole system and the mysteries around it ” preparing for burials.

Eco-friendly or personalized funerals

Another argument put forward by the cooperative: to organize ecological and personalized funerals. It is for example “The layout of the premises, a change of lighting to have LED or the green electricity supplier or the wooden coffin with ecological cotton” explains Florence Bardon, president of the cooperative funeral directors of Dijon. Other requests already processed, a tree planted in an urn or a special outfit for the carriers.

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