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2017 Aug – Resomation are exhibiting at CANA

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Resomation are exhibiting at Cremation Association of North America (CANA) 2017 from Wednesday 16th to Friday 18th August 2017 at Grand Hyatt New York in USA. The Cremation Association of North America’s Crematory Operations Certification Program™ (COCP™) features content designed by industry experts to strengthen your success. The program is approved for up to 8 CE hours by the Academy...

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2017 Aug – Resomation – The water based green cremation option…

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Published in Thanos Magazine 81 – Summer 2017 Help fight climate change and reduce environmental impact Over 135 years ago the introduction of flame cremation offered positive fundamental change in the way we approached human disposition but, as with many changes, some serious convincing was required before being fully accepted. Green cremation by Resomation® now offers a new, innovative yet...

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2017 Aug – Resomation: Would a green cremation be your funeral wish?

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Published on Funeral Zone on 27 July 2017 When poet Jeanette Pickersgill became the first British person to be legally cremated in 1885, it probably seemed unimaginable something so revolutionary would eclipse burial to become the funeral wish of three quarters of us today.So could flameless ‘green cremation’ be the next big thing? Planners have given the go-ahead for a Resomation unit to be installed...

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2017 July – Successful CBCE 2017 exhibition for Resomation

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Resomation exhibited at the CBCE 2017 event last week. There is a growing level of acceptance across the UK in this form of green cremation and some good opportunities to develop. The conference was opened by Harvey Thomas CBE, Chairman of the Cremation Society of Great Britain.  A range of good quality and informative presentations were made on issues and new technologies in the funeral industry.   Whilst...

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2017 July – Resomation exhibiting at CBCE 2017

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Resomation are exhibiting at Cremation and Burial Communication Education (CBCE) 2017 from Monday 3rd to Wednesday 5th July 2017 in Stratford upon Avon, UK. This event will provide attendees with the most up-to-date and relevant information to the sector. Relevant speakers will provide the latest progress reports on the key issues facing the sector and will ensure attendees are up to date with changes...

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2017 May – BBC features Resomation® as a radical alternative to burial and cremation

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The BBC recently published an article on their website following research done by their World Hacks team, led by author William Kremer and reporter/videographer Sahar Zand. The team specialise in finding solutions to the world’s problems featuring ‘People who are fixing the world’.   BBC Russia version The article begins: For decades, most people arranging a funeral have faced a simple choice...

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2017 May – BBC World Service feature: Greener In Death

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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

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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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