Cremation is so wasteful of energy . When I die why can`t my body be minced and used as fertilizer?

Question

I have no religion so don`t want to end up in a churchyard.Having tried to live a green life i`d like to have a green death as well.

Answer 1

I like your enthusiasm but i'm not sure how many people would be willing to eat vegetables grown with the fertilizer of human remains. But hey, why not?

I like the idea of an eco burial

Answer 2

AS OUR POPULATION DOUBLES, TRIPLES, + . MY OPINION IS THAT ALL THE DEAD SHOULD BE CREMATED TO ALLOW MORE ROOM FOR THE LIVING AND THE ENERGY YOUR SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU PAY EXTRA FOR THAT ENERGY.

Answer 3

Ewww! Soylent Green!!!

Actually, I'm pretty sure that's illegal. There are limits to how green you can be and still remain civilized.

Answer 4

It would become a gross health hazard as it rotted away xx

Answer 5

sweet can i have your tv jk that good your doing somthing for the earth but do this somwere remote cause you will stink after a few days

Answer 6

You can choose an eco/woodland burial.

There are various places where you can now choose for your body to be buried without cremation/a box, so it can return to nature over time.

Check out the link below, it has a link to organisations & sites that you can look into.

Answer 7

whatever floats your boat but it's cremation for me...

Answer 8

if you make it known and have the money u can have whatever u want done to ur body

Answer 9

honestly, would you want to use any products that were grown using fertilizer of chopped up people?  

ugh.

and they have non denominatial (i spelled that wrong i'm sure) grave yards.....

Answer 10

Why not donate your body to a medical school.  It would be a way for you to give back even after you are gone.

Answer 11

but that takes up precious land and can hurt it. b/c then they have to use fertilizer to grow the grass back, and then use gas to mow the grass.

that is way harmful to the environment that cermation.

Answer 12

I want to be cremated and my ashes put into one of those high pressure machines and made into a man made diamond.

Answer 13

You may be interested in checking out this site on Green Burials

http://www.greenburials.org/

Answer 14

yummm, and the tomatoes will be bright red, plump, and juicy.

I'd probably win a blue ribbon at the state fair!

***EDIT*** Now who could possibly ding me for an answer like that?  Sheesh, some folks just aren't taking their lithium regularly.

Answer 15

you won't be able to compost your body because health codes

Answer 16

And it seems like a greater waste of my survivor's money (or my estate's) to buy a chunk of ground, a coffin, etc.

Cremation and disposal of the ashes makes more sense.  Besides, the ashes are a good additive to the soil.  Makes happy plants!

Answer 17

There is a risk of spreading disease.

Humans are full of bad things, pollution too. Burning the dead ones is probably the safest thing to do with them.