Submitted on Wednesday 21st April 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 28th April 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Legalise 'natural organic reduction' (human composting).
Human composting would add a natural ecologically friendly funerary option that enables a person to return to, and renourish the soil from which we all came.
Current options of burial (chop down a tree, pump you full chemicals, take up valuable space in a cemetery) and cremation (using over 100 litres of fuel to incinerate you at over 600C releasing of 220kg of CO2) are environmentally damaging.
Natural organic reduction gradually breaks down a body over a 30-50 day period resulting in compost that can be used in rebuilding or regenerating woods and forests or simply in your back garden.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
It is already possible to be buried in a green burial site. Find out more here: www.gov.uk/guidance/cemeteries-and-burials-prevent-groundwater-pollution#green-burial-sites
If you want the Government to change rules around green burials you could start a new petition stating clearly how you want existing rules to be changed.
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