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‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/news

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[–] mobyduck648 2 points 1 year ago

There’s not a lot of space in the UK to be fair and the dead are not an opinionated bunch on the whole when it comes to their surroundings. While I’ve got nothing against this form of cremation I’m surprised we don’t have more of a culture of burial at sea given our maritime history, you get broken down into new life pretty quickly that way.

I personally want to be buried at sea, it’s good sportsmanship towards the fishes I’ll have caught over my life.