Resomation opened their doors for their second open day at their Leeds manufacturing facility in December.  Around 40 funeral directors, celebrants and crematoria operators visited throughout the day, with Founder, Sandy Sullivan and Managing Director Howard Pickard running morning and afternoon sessions providing the latest update regarding the UK situation for the introduction of water cremation. Tony...

This article was written by David Gresty the MD of Arthur Gresty funeral homes and Editor of the quarterly BIFD journal in the UK. This was following an education session presented by Resomation at a regional NAFD meeting in Manchester.

Resomation is a flame-free method of cremation which uses water to break down a corpse in a method which is deemed to be more ‘natural’ and eco-friendly than burial or a flame cremation alternative. The UK government are considering introducing this method to Britain; Howard Pickard speaks to Shekina Tuahene about the process.

CANA (Cremation Association of North America) recently hosted an excellent, well attended event, their Alkaline Hydrolysis Summit. The Summit was to advance the water cremation technology and was held at the Kahler Hotel in Rochester, Minnesota, USA which adjoins the Mayo Clinic.