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Discussion: Allow People To Be "Recycled" into the earth
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 Randall_Berger |
Allow People To Be "Recycled" into the earth
Feb 29 2008, 10:07 PM EST I would like to see the laws changed so people can be disposed of in an environmentally responsible way. Archaic social customs of burial and the risk of disease are things of a bygone era. I personally find the whole idea of being embalmed/mummified and even cremated to be an incredible waste of energy and resources. I would like to be buried in an untreated cardboard or fibreboard casket without anything done to my body, apart from refrigeration, until I am interred. Cremation, while saving land, is an incredible waste of energy and emits a lot of greenhouse gas. Ever thought how much energy it takes to reduce the human body to ash? How much carbon that would emit? I don’t want that on my conscience. I think the embalming of a human body and burying it in a metal casket with headstone, etc, to also be incredibly wasteful and a financial burden on the surviving family. Cemeteries are an incredible waste of land. Let’s recycle ourselves and return our bodies to the land. This would probably require some sort of legislation. 22 out of 54 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Allow People To Be "Recycled" into the earth
Mar 3 2008, 7:03 AM EST I heard 19 years ago from an impeccable source that there was a problem with embalming fluids getting into the groundwater in Hobart. That was enough for me to heartily endorse the comments above. 2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
 dra_red |
RE: Allow People To Be "Recycled" into the earth
Mar 10 2008, 11:18 PM EDT Hey Randell, I don't think this is a government issue. Maybe a personal campaign would convince a lot of people but it would invade people's free choice to tell them how they, or their relies, should be buried. cheers, Dale 4 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Allow People To Be "Recycled" into the earth
Apr 18 2008, 3:38 AM EDT this would definitely require a legislation change, and would need to be monitored, as people still would need to be buried in allocated areas to avoid half-decomposed bodies being stumbled upon by developers etc. -melissa Do you find this valuable? |