Every day more than 155,000 people are buried or cremated worldwide. An average-sized human body emits about 27 kilograms of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during cremation. And, despite improved crematoria, gaseous residues can be generated that are hazardous to the atmosphere. On the other hand, burial generates a larger ecological footprint and involves a CO2 emission equivalent to 3.6 cremations. The enormous environmental footprint of these two processes calls into question the environmental sustainability of our corpse management system.
Commitment to the environment need not stop at the end of life. Many people have begun to view their final wishes through a different lens, looking for a way to help the environment when they pass away. This natural approach to funerals has led to increased green burial cemeteries, green burial caskets, and even green funeral ceremonies such as burial in a tree.
But there are also new techniques that make cremation services Washington much more efficient and generate much less damage to the environment. Experts have developed new techniques such as promotion or resonation. At the moment, water cremation, or alkaline hydrolysis, as resonation is also known, is available in only a few funeral homes, most of them located in the United States and Canada. However, market dynamics have changed in favor of a more environmentally responsible model. Customers are already demanding sustainable products and services, so everything points out that these ecological alternatives will eventually replace traditional cremation.
Resonation, also known as cremation or green cremation, uses an alkaline hydrolysis process that reduces a corpse to powder in just three to four hours using one-eighth of the energy required for cremation and with a 35% reduction in carbon emissions. This technique is already available in several U.S. states (Florida, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Minnesota). (Florida, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, and Oregon) and its use is in the process of being regulated in the U.K.
First, the body is placed in a coffin or shroud made of biodegradable materials before being carefully placed in the water cremator. In a short period, the body returns to its essential organic elements.
The water cremator, or resonation capsule, is a pressurized system where potassium hydroxide and water are mixed at 170 degrees Celsius. Instead of fire, water and an alkaline-based substance are used. It is about 95% water at high pressure and high temperature, and this chemically reduces the body to ash, and that pure white ash at the end of the process is returned to family members as is done in cremation.
Alkaline hydrolysis mimics the natural decomposition process of a body but in a faster and cleaner way. In addition, resonation makes it possible to recycle implants and recover dental amalgams, most of which are made of mercury. In this way, the toxic metal can be safely removed to prevent its discharge into the subsoil and possible seepage into aquifers or groundwater.
Resonation requires one-eighth of the energy needed for cremation and results in a 35% reduction in carbon emissions, thereby significantly reducing the ecological footprint and reducing costs for cremation services Washington.
