Water cremation touted as a greener alternative. A couple of Texas lawmakers are seeking to legalize it.
. “The process uses significantly less fuel and has an overall lower carbon footprint than both traditional cremation and burial,” it adds.
The process may take between three to 16 hours, depending on the equipment and the individual’s body mass. “Pure white” bone fragments and a sterile liquid remain after the process, with the latter able to be sent down a drain ”in accordance with federal, state or provincial, and local laws,” the association says on its website.“Because alkaline hydrolysis is not currently legal in Texas, we are forced to send loved ones out of state,” founder of Green Cremation Texas Eric Neuhaus said in a news release.
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