The Greenest Way to Die without Leaving a Large Carbon Footprint
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It is not a subject we wish to talk about but unfortunately it happens to us all, dying
We have two main alternatives in the UK, burial or cremation, the latter being the cheaper option
But there are many other forms of disposal available , two mentioned in this article are water cremation and mushroom coffins
Water cremation converts the body to a liquid and the mushroom coffin absorbs things contained in a body such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, heavy metals which would normally be absorbed into the earth , unfortunately not good for the environment
Maybe we should be looking at the alternatives ?
www.bbc.com/future/article/20230821-how-to-plan-a-sustainable-funeral
My mum has paid her money to pure cremations and she will be delivered to my door. Took me a while to get my head around this, but it’s her decision. Not sure why she couldn’t have been delivered to my brother, he lives in the same house as her.
eyeballkerry maybe your mother knows you’ll be more respectful of her ashes and scatter her somewhere nice.
Pjran You are probably right. If they went to my brother they would be left on the doorstep for weeks!
eyeballkerry I thought you would say he would put in the black bag for refuse collection 
As some supermarkets say with offers ''when its gone, its gone '' , i suppose here its ''when you're gone, your'e gone '' 
I have commented on a subject like this before so I will say It again. They can throw me In a Canal for all I care when I die.
Getting the cheapest not the most green is more important. I would be more arsed about the carbon footprint if the cost of dying wasn’t a rip off.
SilverSurfer I think it should be free S, maybe paid from your NI payments as the state pension is
We dont pay when we are born , why pay when we die ?
telmel because it’s a con. I agree a basic funeral should be free for everyone and if anyone else’s want to pay extra then that should be available.
SilverSurfer Maybe we should all petition parliament about it S, but i doubt it would work
SilverSurfer I agree with you 100%. But all kinds of funerals has always being a rip off.
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