The Storting has adopted amendments to the Funeral Act that allow for “attempts as deviations from the Act, typically new forms of burial that are made possible by new technology”. In practice, this means that it is now free for “resomation”, a kind of cremation where water and lye replace the flames. The mixture is heated up to 160 degrees, and after three to four hours all the wet tissue in the body is dissolved in the liquid. Before this host is flushed down the drain, acid is added which neutralizes the pH value. The solution can theoretically also be used as fertilizer. Eighteen in the bathroom are bones (and prostheses), which can fit in an urn for burial at the cemetery. Prostheses and implants are not damaged in the process, and can be used again. ZERO STRESS: Theologian and Vårt Land commentator Åste Dokka does not see anything problematic with water scarcity from «a purely theological standpoint». Photo: Adrian Nielsen / Vårt Land – Uses a seventh of the energy Water cremation is one of several new, green and “eco-friendly” methods for “disposal”, which several places are forced to do due to lack of space, economy and environmental considerations. The director of the company that developed the “base bath method”, Sandy Sullivan, says that their alternative uses only one-seventh of the energy used in regular cremation, and that the carbon footprint is reduced by one-third. Former Peace Prize winner and church leader Desmond Tutu was “water-scarred” in December. The basic gift was a smaller climate footprint. GJACK FOR LIQUID AND HOT WATER: Former Peace Prize winner and church leader Desmond Tutu was “water-scarred” in December. The basic gift was a smaller climate footprint. Photo: MIKE HUTCHINGS / Reuters – Satisfied to look at new solutions – The cemetery sector is happy to look at new and innovative solutions. And the investments are far less than for a traditional crematorium, says Alf Bergin, who is the editor of the trade magazine Gravplassen. The method is still controversial. Among the consultative bodies that protested against the change in the law is Hå Church Medical Council on Jæren. In a consultation statement, they write that “new ways of burying and handling the dead is an ethical dilemma” and that the limit for what is worthy goes before water scarcity. From a church standpoint, freeze-drying (video below) and fast composting also have our stamp as macabre. Bergen Church Medical Council, on the other hand, supports the new law. – We are positive about new ways of dealing with human remains in as long as it is justifiable from a climate perspective and maintain respect for the deceased, says Anne Bjordal Jønsson, leader of the cemetery authority in Bergen, to the newspaper Dagen. In the Promoter, the dead are treated with liquid nitrogen. Vibrations cause the body to turn into powder. These freeze-dried pieces of pork show what is left of the human body. The pieces are then placed in a degradable coffin. From earth you have come, to fluid you will become Theologian Åste Dokka is a commentator in the Christian newspaper Vårt Land, and has written a doctoral dissertation on the resurrection. She tells news that “the symbolic connection between soil erosion and becoming actual soil is already broken with the possibility of ordinary cremation” and that she does not see anything problematic with water cremation from “a purely theological standpoint”. – If you are eaten by a lion, mummified in a swamp, coffin-buried or water-scarred, then the hope of the bodily resurrection is just as valid. If God can raise us after death, then the constitution of the physical remains of us is no obstacle, she says. Olav Fykse Tveit is presided over and above the bishops of the Church of Norway. – There has not been a separate discussion of new methods for cremation in the Episcopal Conference, but there is probably mainly reason to have the same assessment of this as for cremation as it has happened so far, he says. PREFERRED CREMATION: The cemetery survey from 2018 makes a point that new coffin burial sites “almost always lead to the loss of topsoil” and that there is a great socio-economic benefit from more people cremating. Photo: Resomation Water cremation is currently in use in several places in the USA and Canada, and several European countries have signaled that they wish to use the same method. The public report «Corpses and corpses» (2014) states that «cremation and burial is a public responsibility and shall be free of charge for the bereaved». As of today, it still costs up to 8000 kroner to be cremated in Norway, while coffin burial is free. In Sweden, the cremation percentage is almost twice as high as in Norway (80 against 46 percent).
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Legend change opens to boil dead bodies in lye – news Vestland
