burials

Coronavirus doubles burials for Royal undertakers Levetons as they ‘run out of space’ for bodies

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Coronavirus doubles burials for Royal undertakers Levetons: Boss of Britain’s oldest funeral firm says they are doing 50 services a week and are ‘running out of space’ to store bodies Levertons, undertakers to Royals, are conducting twice the number of services Founded in 1789 firm are now adapting to history in the making during covid-19  Workers are … Read more

Eco-friendly human compost burials where bodies of the dead reach 55°C and rot away in 30 days

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Eco-friendly ‘compost burials’ where human bodies reach 131 degrees Fahrenheit and rot away in just 30 days, are due to launch next year in America after a successful pilot.  A trial of the process, which saw six dead bodies decompose among wood chips and other material, found that the remains made ‘great worm food’. It … Read more