Just don’t mention Soylent Green

Two new eco-friendly end-of-life options are coming to a funeral home near you.  A Glasgow-based company has installed its first commercial “alkaline alkaline_hydrolysishydrolysis” unit at a Florida funeral home. It works by dissolving the body in heated alkaline water in under three hours. The process of “resomation”  produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation, uses a seventh of the energy, and allows for the complete separation of dental amalgam for safe disposal.

In Sweden, a biologist has developed a technology called “promession” which treats the dead body with liquid nitrogen, then breaks the frozen body into fragments, and the remains are poured into a  small, square biodegradable coffin for shallow burial. She got the idea from composting, she said.

About Skippy R

Skippy R is retired after toiling as a scribe for a large denominational newspaper in Texas for about 40 years. He's written for The Wittenburg Door and Beliefnet. He lives in Dallas with his wife, Mrs. Skippy, and leads a Bible study in his home. Mostly spends time running after his grandkids. He is -- what are they calling it now? -- a Jesus follower.
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One Response to Just don’t mention Soylent Green

  1. Jackie says:

    I am completely stopped by the image of my body frozen ala dippin’ dots style and the special way(s) that it could be broken down into small fragments. Maybe a lottery along the lines of those fund raisers that sell tickets to take a hammer to a beat-up junker car.

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