The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.
  • Paragone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    W.T.F.??

    "The process involves weighing the body, then heating it to 150C (300F) in a mixture of potassium hydroxide and water for up to 90 minutes.

    This dissolves the body tissue, leaving only the bones - which are then rinsed at 120C, dried, and pulverised into a coarse powder using a machine called a cremulator.

    Remains can be returned to next of kin, as ashes are following cremation.

    It has been estimated that a typical cremation has a footprint equivalent to about 320kg of carbon dioxide- Alkaline hydrolysis is found to result in the emission of seven times less CO2."

    Oh!

    OK.

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