Hong Kong’s COVID toll leads some to eco-friendlier coffins

Wilson Tong, CEO of LifeArt Asia, left, and a worker move a blue floral coffin on top of other paper coffins at the factory in Hong Kong, Friday, March 18, 2022. Hong Kong is running short of coffins during its deadliest outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. LifeArt, a company in Hong Kong is trying to make an alternative, cardboard coffin, which it says is environmentally-friendly. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong’s COVID toll leads some to eco-friendlier coffins