Elio Angulo lies inside a cardboard coffin as he introduces his product to potential customers at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
VALENCIA, Venezuela (Reuters) - When Venezuelan entrepreneurs Alejandro Blanchard and Elio Angulo decided to create cardboard coffins, they were looking for an ecological selling point to compete against classic wood and brass caskets.
Three years on, with the oil-rich country mired in deep economic crisis, their "bio-coffins" are becoming a viable option because of high prices for wooden coffins and shortages of brass ones.
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