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2017 May – BBC World Service feature: Greener In Death

This is a story about what happens to your body after you die. In many countries, the current options are burial and cremation, but, both methods come with significant environmental impacts. We’re running out of space for burial in many places, and cremation carries the risk of toxins and greenhouse gases being released. For World Hacks, Sahar Zand travels to the US, where they’re using a new process...

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2017 Apr – Rowley Regis Crematorium to be the first in UK to offer new green method of disposing of corpses

Rowley Regis Crematorium will be the first in the UK to use a brand new environmentally friendly method of disposing of corpses. Sandwell Council planning committee approved plans for an extension at the crematorium to house the £300,000 Resomator machine which dissolves bodies using chemicals. British company Resomation, which invented and will install the machine, is currently in talks with Severn...

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2017 Feb – Resomation to exhibit at ICCFA in Nashville, USA

Resomation will be exhibiting at the ICCFA (International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association) Annual Convention and Expo Nashville Music City Center in Tennessee, USA from Wednesday 5th to Saturday 8th April 2017. Resomation will be showcasing their environmentally friendly alternative to flame cremation which uses the alkaline hydrolysis technology. To find out more about the Resomation...

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2017 Jan – Resomation sponsoring CANA Summit and Symposium

Resomation will be sponsoring the CANA Summit and Symposium at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, USA from Tuesday 7th to Thursday 9th February 2017, table K. The Summit focuses on Alkaline Hydrolysis and whether you are already involved with Alkaline Hydrolysis, thinking about working with it, or simply want to know more, you won’t want to miss this special opportunity. Moderated by Dean Fisher, Director...

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2016 Nov – Resomation presents at SAIF Education Day

Resomation founder, Sandy Sullivan recently presented at the National Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) education day event held on Wednesday 2nd November at Leicester Tigers Rugby Club. The event included a full day of presentations on topics such as The Role of the Coroner, Resomation, Health & Safety, Compliance & Risk and news from the IFD College. For more information about SAIF...

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2016 Nov – Resomation had successful National Funeral Directors Association Convention and Expo

Resomation exhibited at National Funeral Directors Association International Convention and Expo from 23rd to 26th October 2016 at Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA. Sandy Sullivan, Founder said “We were pleased to part of such a well attended and successful Convention and Expo and the Resomation stand was busy throughout the show with a number of key opportunities.” The...

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Old funeral traditions could soon be dead and buried

Lack of burial space, funeral costs and increasing population is leading to new ways of disposing of bodies, reports Oscar Quine At the Vienna Exposition of 1873, Sir Henry Thompson, a leading surgeon and Queen Victoria’s private doctor, was struck by a cutting-edge piece of equipment being demonstrated by Italian Professor Brunetti: the crematorium. Through the application of fire, Brunetti’s device...

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2016 Sept – Resomation at OACFP Annual conference and trade show, Ontario, Canada

Resomation will be exhibiting on booth 602 at the Ontario Association of Cemetary and Funeral Professionals Conference and Trade Show on Tuesday 18th to Thursday 20th October 2016 at the Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Themed as Synergy – Moving Together – Changing Lives, the conference is designed to focus on the synergies within the industry, with the customers and communities served...

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