Cremation

Do you have to have a coffin for cremation? Can you be cremated without a coffin? In principle, coffins aren’t a legal requirement for cremation: a shroud or a coffin will do. In practice, however, you do usually need to be cremated in some kind of coffin, even if it’s made of something very simple, … Read more

When a body is cremated what happens to the coffin? Coffins are built to be completely destroyed during the cremation process. It takes a lot of heat to cremate a body ? so much, in fact, that there’s normally little or nothing left of the coffin among the ashes at the end. The ashes themselves … Read more

What part of the body doesn’t burn during cremation? You don’t get ash back.. What’s really returned to you is the person’s skeleton. Once you burn off all the water, soft tissue, organs, skin, hair, cremation container/casket, etc., what you’re left with is bone. Read more on www.elementalnw.com In many cultures around the world, cremation … Read more

What is a cremation factory? A crematorium or crematory is a venue for the cremation of the dead. Modern crematoria contain at least one cremator (also known as a crematory, retort or cremation chamber), a purpose-built furnace. In many countries, crematoria contain facilities for funeral ceremonies, such as a chapel. Read more on en.wikipedia.org Cremation … Read more