What’s so special About Green Burial?

by Pamela Smith COMPASSIONATE TO YOUR NEEDS

In the past few years, there has been a sudden increase in the popularity of the green burial concept. A number of funeral homes not just in Sydney, Australia, but across the globe have been catering the green burial service. However, several people are still unknown of this concept and for them; here is a little info on this concept. Green burial refers to the process in which the burial is conducted without using any chemicals or preservatives. There are no traditional heavy metals or wooden caskets used in the process.

Apart from this, in the green burial process the un-embalmed remains of the deceased are put directly into the ground while they are either shrouded in the piece of cloth or buried in natural caskets. These caskets are made of bio-degradable materials such as cardboards, wicker or pine. According to funeral parlour Sydney owners, they are easily available, are low in cost and most importantly, environmentally friendly. According the companies catering funerals related services, the concept of the green burial is not new at all and can be traced far back in the history. The only point was that it got buried under the technological advancements, where funeral homes Sydney started providing burial service using alternatives of vaults, liners, embalming, mausoleums, etc. These modern concepts did nothing more than mitigating the decomposition process. The current burial process that an average funeral parlour Sydney uses is actually borrowed from the USA and it was prevailing there since the civil war. Now if we see the green burial, it is nothing but a process that has made its comeback. The basic principle behind using this process is to follow the decomposition process that nature gave to us. This tradition was simply the make-show of a very noble principle "ashes to ashes, dust to dust".

Several funerals homes Sydney and even across the world have been offering several green burial funeral packages Sydney and they have a completely different view on this. They see the environment related benefits and according to them, this process provide a reduced environmental impact over conventional burials. Apart from this, another benefit comes in the form of and preservation while the other is the affordability. Those who are the hard-core followers of this kind of burial process say that modern-day burial process is a waste of money. Cemeteries bury millions of feet of wood, thousands of tons of steel, copper, and concrete and hundreds of thousands of gallons of embalming fluids, which commonly contains formaldehyde, a known carcinogen.

Here are some hidden facts related to green burial process.

·      Enriches Soil
·         Adds Organic Material
·         Improves Fertility And Productivity
·         Suppresses Plant Diseases
·         Discourages Insects
·         Increases Water Retention
·         Inoculates Soil With Beneficial Microorganisms
·         Reduces Or Eliminates Fertilizer Needs
·         Moderates Soil Temperature
·         Prevents Pollution
·         Reduces Methane Production In Landfills
·         Reduces Or Eliminates Organic Garbage
·         Reduces Or Eliminates Sewage