Burials are mostly the living image of how we chose to live. So if you have a heart concerned about the environment, you have to consider being buried the ecological way.
Traditional burial and cremation practices have a negative environmental impact. The complicated methods of embalming prevent decomposing and the return to the Earth takes longer for the body. You can choose this or you can go for a greener way.
This would mean your relatives will choose a wood casket, no embalming will be involved and you will be buried a bit closer to the surface.
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So if you want to become part of the dirt you will go into, consider a simpler and closer to nature way of burial. Nature will welcome you with open arms.
Source: npd.snd.org