Worried that you may not have lived a green life or that your decomposing body, and coffin materials sipping in the ground may be more bad treatment that the planet deserves. Well, worry no more.
After a lifetime of trashing the planet or taking of it, one can now satisfy his desire to remain green in the afterlife thanks to alkaline hydrolysis also referred to as resomation.
Alkaline hydrolysis not only reduces carbon dioxide emissions by about 90%, it also uses less energy than conventional cremation. The water-based process can rapidly reduce the human body to ashes.
Although safer to the environment – no mercury is spewed into the atmosphere – this process does not come without its share of controversy. For example, the Catholic Church strongly opposes the process, stating this is not a respectful way to dispose of corpses. However, Christiannity, Judaism and Islam in the past have all been strongly opposed to cremation though it has now become accepted in many of these circles.
However, with a third of Americans and half of the Canadian population now opting for cremation, and more green-conscious citizens, resomation is poised to enjoy some noticeable success.
But let’s not start trashing the planet yet just because we can be green in the afterlife.
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