March 2, 2001

Society says green burials soft on environment, wallet

Nanaimo Daily News

The Memorial Society of B.C. thinks there’s a better way to bury the dead. Instead of spending money on expensive coffins and putting people in ground, which has been reinforced with concrete sides to facilitate lawn-mowing, the Memorial Society wants to do something ecologically sound.

It’s called Green Burials.

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