Is cremation environmentally friendly ?

[MANHEAD 10]

72.44% in 2008

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cremation_rate#United_Kingdom

 

Wow, i never thought it was that much, but 72.44% of what?

[andyofborg 11]

Have we ever thought about the environmental impact of our bodies being cremated ? ..........

 

i'm sure we're all wondering this but are too afraid to ask, but what has cremation got to do with the secret conspiracy of power which you seem driven to educate us about?

[andyofborg 11]

Wow, i never thought it was that much, but 72.44% of what?

 

hopefully, people who died

[purdyamos 10]

A Tibetan sky burial looks the most efficient, natural and space saving to me. They have to do it that way because the diggable ground is too shallow and fuel is scarce.

 

I don't think the pigeons and crows round my way are up to the job though.

 

[Warning: do not go looking for this on youtube unless you already know what a sky burial involves and are prepared!]

[saxon51 10]

Pet food.

 

Whiskas Saxon and Rabbit flavour.

 

Wouldn't worry me none.

 

Just get rid of me in the cheapest way possible. Sod the ceremony, just dispose of the bits that go smelly ..... at a profit if possible.

[anywebsite 10]

Burial requires more land, so when land is scarce (as it is in this country), then cremation is more efficient.

[Ghostrider 11]

I think I'm going to leave my body to science.

 

Im leaving mine to science fiction

[truthlogic 10]

Mmmmmmmm........surely that process would also use some form of energy which would in turn also be environmentally unfriendly?

 

I would also imagine that it would cost at least as much as cremation/burial does.......if not more.

 

Hey......we only die once and the best part of it is that we aren't around to deal with it. Maybe we should all be made into soup or glue or something else useful.

 

Freeze-drying and shaking the bodies to dust being discussed

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-409503/Cremation-replaced-eco-friendly-freeze-drying-corpses.html

[scousemouse 10]

....my family asked me once, burial or cremation/ Surprise me I said!!!!!

[greenburials 10]

Has anyone heard of the most environmentally friendly way....

 

Natural Burial Grounds (Search for NativeWoodland.co.uk on google for the best examples of natural burial grounds)

 

Everything that is buried is biodegradable and there are no headstones or grave markings so the landscape is preserved.

 

It really is the way forward.

[truman 10]

Has anyone heard of the most environmentally friendly way....

 

Natural Burial Grounds (Search for NativeWoodland.co.uk on google for the best examples of natural burial grounds)

 

Everything that is buried is biodegradable and there are no headstones or grave markings so the landscape is preserved.

 

It really is the way forward.

 

How does that save land compared to a normal cemetery.(I relaise I may be talking to a bot but you never know)

[greenburials 10]

How does that save land compared to a normal cemetery.(I relaise I may be talking to a bot but you never know)

Not a bot I'm afraid

 

Well it doesn't impact on the land... it looks no different to how it would if it just stayed as a meadow being used for grazing, not filled with headstones and everything else that people put in cemeteries and crematoriums