Assessing the Commercial Feasibility of Cryomation; the Zero Emission Alternative to Cremation

全球平均死亡率为0.085%，今年将有超过6000万人死亡。火葬是世界上最主要的葬礼方式。火化一具100公斤重的尸体会产生180公斤的二氧化碳和重金属污染大气。传统葬礼及其纪念馆、墓地和持续的维护被认为是所有葬礼过程中对环境影响最大的长期方式。世界人口预计到2050年将超过90亿。冷冻是火葬的零排放替代品，由赫特福德大学获奖的KTP开发，使用液氮，冷冻干燥和加速堆肥来生产无菌的人类遗骸。这个过程没有化石燃料燃烧焚化炉，没有有害的污水流，遗体可以埋葬在一个比其他埋葬过程小得多的空间。遗骸消失得无影无踪，所以土地可以重新用于其他家庭成员。通过加速堆肥，遗体的大小减少到原来的六分之一左右，不仅是“绿色”葬礼和树下埋葬的理想选择，而且还可以让遗体放在花盆里带回家，支持纪念植物的生命。在KTP下证明了这一过程背后的科学，Cryomation希望评估商业化交付该过程的可行性，并量化其对全球环境产生重大积极影响的潜力，通过减少有害气体排放和利用已经稀缺的墓地。

With average global mortality rates at 0.085% over 60 million people will die this year.Cremation is the leading funeral process in the world. Cremating a 100kg body produces180kg of CO2 as well as atmospheric pollution with heavy metals. Traditional Burial with itsmemorials, cemeteries and their ongoing maintenance is considered to have the greatest longterm impact on the environment of all funeral processes. The world population is forecast togrow to over nine billion by 2050.Cryomation is a zero emission alternative to Cremation, developed through an award winningKTP at the University of Hertfordshire, which uses Liquid Nitrogen, freeze drying andaccelerated composting to produce sterile human remains, . The process has no fossil fuelburning incinerators, no harmful effluent streams and the remains can be buried in a muchsmaller space than other burial processes. The remains disappear to nothing so land could bereused for other family members. With an accelerated composting option, the remains arereduced to around 1/6th of the size of the original body and not only ideal for “green” funeralsand burial under trees but could also allow remains to be taken home in a pot, supporting thelife of a memorial plant.Having proven the science behind the process under the KTP, Cryomation want to evaluatethe feasibility of delivering the process commercially and quantify its potential to have asignificant, positive impact on the global environment, by reducing harmful emissions andmaking use of already scarce burial land.