Liquified, composted: How green are these alternative death practices? | Unpublished
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Publication Date: October 30, 2025 - 14:00

Liquified, composted: How green are these alternative death practices?

October 30, 2025

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at the environmental impacts of two alternatives to burial and cremation of human bodies; check out a new kind of floating solar panel; and look into an idea to boost recycling rates and help vulnerable people at the same time.



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