I guess this is a big in England, because her mother-in-;law did it, without the embalming fluids as well. She started to do research.
The avergage cost of a funeral in the U.S. is (6,500.00) three times that in Great Britain, more than twice it is in France or Austrailia. Some of the differences can be attributed to the cost of the casket. I'm sure I'd buy whatever they were selling, no matter the price, just to get it over with. So it seems only kind to say what I want now, giving a thought to both price and environment.
A little reseach turns up some surprising facts. A recent study in 2007 shows what's buried along with our loved ones in the U.S. cemetaries every year:
827,060 gallons of embalming fluid
90,272 tons of steal (caskets)
2,700 tons of copper and bronze (caskest)
1,636,000 tons of reinforced concrete (vaults)
14,000 tons of steel (vaults)
30 plus million board feet of hardwods (much tropical caskets) for a person who doesn't believe there is any "me" left in my body after I die, the idea of paying serious money for something to bury it in is ludicrous. Recently a number if companies have begun importing biodegradable caskets from England. The Ecopod, imorted by the Natural Burial Company (www.naturalburialcompany.com), is a 100 percent biodegradable coffin made of recycled paper. The sed-pod shaped coffin is designed to be planted in the ground, dissolve and replenish the earth with its nutrient-rich contents. The expense is surprisingly not less than a conventional casket, around 3,000.00. However, there are bamboo and seagrass coffins that are less than 1,000.00 and some for as little as 350.00
To find out more about green caskets, go to www.funerals.org.
Lot's more articles on this, there is also an artist who is making them and decorating the outside of them. Just go on line and google it.
Enjoy, I think I'll start making mine now.
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Thanks. Sorry it took so long to reply. not used to seeing comments on my blog. didn't even know to check. So new at all this.
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