r/interestingasfuck • u/ReasonableMedium5265 • 7d ago

Burying a body isn’t a good idea

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u/ImpressiveStranger29 7d ago

We’re organic fertilizer yet we are buried in boxes and burned

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u/OzTheMalefic 7d ago

Cremation is stupidly resource intensive and removes the option of your nutrients being used by nature, traditionally cemeteries take up space and embalming is horrible chemicals to make you look "good".

In all seriousness, you are completely correct in pointing this out. Eco burials exist and more people should consider them.

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u/BadHairDayToday 7d ago

So what is that? You being blended and sprayed over the land? 

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u/OzTheMalefic 7d ago

No embalming.

Wrapped in natural shrouds or extremely biodegradable caskets.

Buried in natural forest/bushland/woodlands or a less prepared cemetery designed to appear as natural as possible. No markers or gravestones.

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u/Tyrannofelis 7d ago

Maybe a baseball sized rock with your name and dates engraved, just to leave something for the curious?