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A greener way to go? More people are rethinking what happens to their body after death
When we think about what happens to our body after we die, some of us may picture a heavy, polished casket or an urn of ashes left after cremation.
But a growing number of people are choosing to return to the earth in more environmentally friendly ways.
Some are choosing water-based cremation, which doesn’t burn fossil fuels. Others are planning simpler death rituals that skip embalming, steel caskets and concrete burial vaults. Instead, the body is placed in the ground in a biodegradable basket or shroud and allowed to decompose as quickly and as naturally as possible.
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