Town keeps eye on 'green cremation' business that dissolves bodies, pours them into sewers
A business in Smiths Falls southwest of Ottawa that uses a high-pressure caustic solution to dissolve human remains — and then discharges that fluid into the town's sewer system — is being closely monitored by staff at the municipal waterworks.
36 eye-opening facts about water
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The Cremation Process: How Cremation Works
How To Pre-Plan Cremation
When a body is cremated, the remains are burned to ash (sometimes called “cremains” or "cremated remains"). The cremated remains may be buried in the earth, interred in a columbarium, kept by the family in an urn, or scattered.
How cremation is done at Kariokor
A body requires about 40 litres of diesel to burn fully.
Forget cremation or burial. How about composting your dead body?
"We're not talking about pieces of mom in the compost. ... Your microbes and your atoms and everything in your body completely transforms during the process and are no longer human at all. You literally become the soil,” says LA-based mortician Caitlin Doughty.
How to Scatter Cremated Remains
Keep your back to the wind. Start and end with some kind of ritual. Scatter with intention.
What is Direct Cremation
While cremation has become a popular choice for end-of-life planning, many still ask the question, what is direct cremation? You or your loved one may wish to “just be cremated,” which Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium is able to accommodate by preparing everything legally necessary for cremation.
What Dissolves in water?
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Cremation Facts: Interesting Facts About Cremation
Cremation facts including the cost of cremation, facts that only the crematorium owner would know, and even the involvement of druids.
Can I Fly With Cremated Remains ?
A question that often comes up these days is "Can I fly with Mom's Urn?". The short answer is yes, as long as the urn can be X-rayed, you ca...
Ideas for Memorial Services When Someone Is Cremated
The percentage of people choosing cremation over burial is increasing in the U.S., according to the National Funeral Directors Association. Reasons for the increase include a desire to be eco-friendly, to save money or to have more options for where and how to deal with the remains (including keeping them on a mantel ...
What Are Some Unique Ways to Handle Cremated Remains?
Unique and sometimes unusual methods of handling cremated remains for anyone seeking something different versus scattering.
Exactly What Happens When You Get Cremated
This is how cremation actually works, and the story of what happens to a culture when its attitudes about memorializing the dead undergo a revolution.
What to Know When Choosing Cremation
A funeral industry report says demand for cremation is increasing, in part because it’s less expensive than burial. It has also become more socially acceptable.
Why families are cremating their beloved pets
Pets are often treasured members of a household, so when their lives end it can be a particularly emotional time for their owners, and for some families, cremation is a way to hold onto memories of their animal companions.
Scattering cremated remains becomes an issue for cemeteries
Local cemetery administrators are concerned that people are scattering cremated remains in cemeteries or burying them without notifying the cemetery.
Why be buried or cremated when you could become a tree?
You can become a tree or even the soil supporting it.
What does the Church say about how cremated remains should be handled?
The answer is simple. Cremated remains of the baptized faithful are to be treated with the same reverence with which we treat the mortal remains of those who are not cremated: they should be buried
“What does scripture say about cremation vs. burial?”
Elder Care: Curious about cremation?
For those individuals who are willing to think about and plan ahead for death, or for families who have had to make choices regarding deceased loved ones, one of the
