Similarly, cemeteries often insist on casket vaults and liners to prevent graves from sinking as the casket deteriorates. But the FTC says state laws do not demand a vault or liner. 5.

Such burials eschew the embalming, expensive caskets and concrete vaults or metal grave liners standard in U.S. cemeteries, replacing them with simple materials that decompose along with the body.

Such burials eschew the embalming, expensive caskets and concrete vaults or metal grave liners standard in U.S. cemeteries, replacing them with simple materials that decompose along with the body.

President Abraham Lincoln’s embalming then made the procedure fashionable, and over the next century, embalming, luxurious caskets and vault liners became standard. But that trend has been changing.

The Push For ‘Green' Cemeteries in Connecticut Green burials often use biodegradable caskets, and do not use chemicals for embalming, hardwood caskets, varnishes, vaults or liners.

Funeral home directors may try to convince you to invest in a casket seal or vault, which can cost $1,327. Seals are meant to slow down biodegrading, but they aren’t necessary at all, Zeldin says.

The 63-year-old woman’s coffin was not encased in a vault, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. Such enclosures, which are also commonly referred to as grave liners, are ...

The graver liners are concrete boxes for the casket. Some people may opt for the fancier burial vault.

Such burials eschew the embalming, expensive caskets and concrete vaults or metal grave liners standard in U.S. cemeteries, replacing them with simple materials that decompose along with the body.