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Here are alternatives to standard burials or cremations. The hope is to be more sustainable, environmentally friendly, and to save space.
- burial at sea (via Environmental Protection Agency U.S.)
- Capsula Mundi pod
- Coeio Infinity Burial Suit
- DeathLAB
- Loop Living Cocoon
- Memorial Ecosystems - natural burials
- Recompose - become compost
- resomation (AKA: aquamation, biocremation, alkaline hydrolysis, water cremation, and flameless cremation)
DONATE YOUR BODY TO SCIENCE OR FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
- Anatomy Gifts Registry
- Department of Motor Vehicles U.S.
- Health Resources & Services Administration
- MedCure
- New Gift
- Organize
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- Science Care
- United States: HERE is a list of anatomical donation programs by state
MISCELLANEOUS (culture or religion related)
- mummification
- sky burial - A Tibetan sky burial is an ancient and sacred tradition for Tibetan Buddhists. A body is simply left in the open air to be entirely consumed by the elements and animals.
- tree burials - popular in Philippines
UNORTHODOX THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR BODY - better than typical chemical laced burials but still require cremations
- And Vinyly - ashes turned into a vinyl record
- Bios Incube Urn
- Eternal Reefs
- Living Urn
- memorial keepsakes, jewelry or gems
OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE NOT PRACTICAL OR CHEAP (AND MOSTLY NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY)
- cremation fireworks
- cryomation / promession -using Liquid Nitrogen to freeze dry the body, powder it and remove any metals/objects
- cryonics - low-temperature freezing and storage of human remains, with the speculative hope that resurrection may be possible in the future
- dissolution - the process of dissolving a body using strong chemicals
- plastination - the preservation of body parts through a process that replaces water and fat with various enduring plastics
- space burials
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