Bodies heating bodies - reducing the carbon footprint...

English funeral parlours could soon start utilising the heat of crematoria to keep mourners warm, it was reported recently.

A council in Greater Manchester has come up with a novel idea to make funerals more environmentally friendly. Crematorium gases are usually wastefully emitted into the atmosphere, instead of heating radiators.

"We are conscious it might be a sensitive matter," a Thameside Council environmental officer said."But in this day and age we all have to look at reducing our carbon footprint."

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Yikes!

I don't know about this one!

huttriver12's picture

Keeps them...

This is a little too creepy

Elly's picture

And they remove the smell?

sounds a bit gross to me.

Elly
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