Green living to green good bye’

Cremation causes nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, heavy metals and particulates to be released into the atmosphere when a body is cremated. Talking about what sort of funeral arrangements you or those close to you would want can be hard. Cremation is very energy-intensive and can lead to pollutants entering the atmosphere, with over 70 per cent of people who die in Britain being cremated even using clothing made from natural materials, removing shoes, plastic and metal will help reduce emissions.. Worldwide, more than 50,000,000 people pass away each year. Modern crematoriums often have 'clean smokestacks' that ameliorate the associated emissions, at least to some degree, and the cremation industry has claimed that reports of pollution have been greatly exaggerated.