My first reaction on reading about this was “ewww”, but actually probably a pretty good idea.
I was morbidly curious and dove into wikipedia:
The process is based on alkaline hydrolysis: the body is placed in a pressure vessel that is then filled with a mixture of water and potassium hydroxide, and heated to a temperature around 160 °C (320 °F), but at an elevated pressure, which prevents boiling. Instead, the body is effectively broken down into its chemical components, which takes approximately four to six hours.
Really cool. This is how I’ve wanted to go, but without the bones being powdered at the end - I want those skeletonised into a posable model so I can continue to attend family gatherings.
Has sir considered the possibilities that taxidermy affords?
Yeah but taxidermying a human is notoriously challenging, not as durable/long-lasting and somehow not as comedic in my estimation.
The process, known as resomation, uses a mix of potassium hydroxide and water to break down human remains in what is billed as a more sustainable option.
It takes four hours - the bones remain, and are powdered then returned to loved ones in a similar way to ashes, in an urn.
Neat! Quite literally based.
I think it’s great that more options are being made available.
I really wanted a tree/woodland burial (tree planted over whatever is left of the body), but honestly, it sounds like a more eco-friendly option would be resomation, then just feeding my delicious nutrients to a woodland. Or my garden!
Edit: Just some more info, apparently the name of the process is “aquamation”, and Resomation is the brand name of the company doing it in the UK.
Grauniad has described it as “Boil-in-the-bag”, which is hilarious.
Sous-vide when?
When I’m dead just throw me in the trash
Can’t do that really because it’s possible that you would contaminate ground water of spread disease.
He’s a villain: don’t you see?! He picks up the garbage and throws it all over the church
