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A problem with local cemeteries (in the US) is that they require vaults in order to prevent collapse of graves, simply because it's a maintenance headache. You
by neolefty 6y ago
A problem with local cemeteries (in the US) is that they require vaults in order to prevent collapse of graves, simply because it's a maintenance headache. You can even leave the bottom open to speed up decomposition, but you still need the vault.
A friend told me that in the past, before concrete vaults were standard, cemetery workers would routinely fill in collapsed graves with soil. Seems like you'd need to do that for this coffin — or even for a wooden coffin without a concrete vault.
I wonder if we could go back to that? Find a middle ground between giving people time to grieve and reusing land once nobody cares anymore. Have a periodic petition to preserve certain graves, but anything over a certain age by default can have its space reused.
- hakcermani 6y agoWould packing the coffin with compost and other 'material' tight prevent collapse ?
- chrisseaton 6y agoI thought the vast vast majority of people in the West are cremated? Are normal people still being buried?
- s1artibartfast 6y agoIn the US it is about 50/50
- datameta 6y agoLooks like the state with the highest rate of cremation is Nevada at 75.9% and Mississippi has the lowest at 19.7%. It turns out Japan's cremation rate is 99.97% (2014) which actually lead to the appearance of "corpse hotels" where the body can rest until a slot opens up. It seems countries where buddhism and hinduism are prevalent have some of the highest cremation rates, and unsurprisingly there is an overall trend of higher rates in denser areas (even in countries where the average rate is on the lower end).
- 7thaccount 6y agoThis is done regularly in the philippines. After decomposition they just scoop out the remains and incincerate if the family doesn't want the remains.