Green burials being considered as permitted in Vernon’s cemetery
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An alternative burial option could be coming to Vernon’s graveyard in the coming year.
At the regular meeting Monday, April 13, Vernon City Council was presented with a proposal to allow green burials at the city’s cemetery.
Green burials involves the interment of a body that was not embalmed; was clothed or wrapped in biodegradable fabrics ; and enclosed in a shroud , casket or alternative container that can break down naturally.
Proposed by the Climate Action Advisory Committee and identified as the next priority in the Cemetery Master Plan, the Green Burial project would see the body and material decompose naturally, noting this would serve as an alternative to a regular burial and to cremation, the latter of which emits approximately 535 pounds of carbon dioxide per use.
