signalmankenneth
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This is interesting, never heard of it, but it's nothing new?!! Fast and environmentally friendly too?!! Much better than being incinerated?!!
The anti-apartheid hero requested an eco-friendly cremation, which uses water instead of flames to process the remains
The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu will undergo aquamation, an increasingly popular and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional cremation methods, using water instead of fire.
With aquamation, or “alkaline hydrolysis”, the body of the deceased is immersed for three to four hours in a mixture of water and a strong alkali, such as potassium hydroxide, in a pressurised metal cylinder and heated to around 150C.
The process liquifies everything except for the bones, which are then dried in an oven and reduced to white dust, placed in an urn and handed to relatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-process-behind-desmond-tutus-green-cremation
https://www.greencremationtexas.com/what-are-the-aquamation-regulations-in-your-state/
The anti-apartheid hero requested an eco-friendly cremation, which uses water instead of flames to process the remains
The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu will undergo aquamation, an increasingly popular and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional cremation methods, using water instead of fire.
With aquamation, or “alkaline hydrolysis”, the body of the deceased is immersed for three to four hours in a mixture of water and a strong alkali, such as potassium hydroxide, in a pressurised metal cylinder and heated to around 150C.
The process liquifies everything except for the bones, which are then dried in an oven and reduced to white dust, placed in an urn and handed to relatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-process-behind-desmond-tutus-green-cremation
https://www.greencremationtexas.com/what-are-the-aquamation-regulations-in-your-state/
