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People Want To Take Eco-Conscious Ways Of Leaving Earth
Now a days people are becoming more environment friendly. They are becoming more and more green. So much so that they are taking it to the next level by opting for “Green Funerals” when they die. [You can read the full story over here]
Britain has been a world leader in eco-friendly funerals for years and a source of green burial products and ideas for countries like the US, where the trend is just starting
to catch on.
Why Go Green?
There are many reasons why we need to go Green:-
The chemicals that are used to embalm the body like formaldehyde, mercury and arsenic seeps into the soil after the body is cremated. This contaminates the underground water.
The materials used to make coffins like steel, fibreglass, some type of wood donot disintegrate and stay in the soil for years together. This contaminates the soil and makes them unfit.
Cremation is the act of reducing acorpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire.The major emissions from crematories are: nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, mercury, hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen chloride (HCl), NMVOCs, and other heavy metals, in addition to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP). According to the United Nations Environment Programme report on POP Emission Inventory Guidebook, emissions from crematoria, although comparatively small on an international scale, are still statistically significant. The POP inventory indicates that crematoria contribute 0.2% of the global emission of dioxins and furans.
The idea is unique one considering the fact that any funeral can be converted into a Green One. The idea that is aimed to save Earth, needs special encouragement as it is quite a noble one
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Natural Burial Around the World
The modern concept of natural burial began in the UK in 1993 and has since spread across the globe. According the Centre for Natural Burial, http://naturalburial.coop there are now several hundred natural burial grounds in the United Kingdom and half a dozen sites across the USA, with others planned in Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and even China.
A natural burial allows you to use your funeral as a conservation tool to create, restore and protect urban green spaces.
The Centre for Natural Burial provides comprehensive resources supporting the development of natural burial and detailed information about natural burial sites around the world. With the Natural Burial Co-operative newsletter you can stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the rapidly growing trend of natural burial including, announcements of new and proposed natural burial sites, book reviews, interviews, stories and feature articles.
The Centre for Natural Burial