Dying to do the right thing? Well here's the way to go

WHEN it comes to dying, the idea of becoming compost for trees, rather than rotting in deep graves or being cremated, is gaining popularity, funeral industry experts say.

They say more people, especially baby boomers, are exploring ways to minimise their carbon footprint when they die. They predict that shallower graves without coffins, so bodies will decompose more quickly, are the way of the future.

Burial areas would be reused and traditional cemeteries and headstones would become things of the past.
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