Water cremation: Co-op Funeralcare to be first UK company to offer resomation

The process, used in the US and Canada, will be available later this year through Co-op Funeralcare.

My first reaction on reading about this was "ewww", but actually probably a pretty good idea.

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Is it climate friendly only because it's not using gas in the cremation process? It doesn't really mention it in the article, just about how it doesn't require land.
- Yeh - that’s exactly it. Burning bodies is energy/CO2 intensive
  
  This still requires heating, but not the 800C or so that cremation does, which requires a LOT of energy.

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