Is cremation more environmentally friendly or burial more environmentally friendly?

Dust to dust, dirt to dirt, ancient people's attention to graves, especially funerals, has been deeply rooted in people's hearts for thousands of years. As we all know, the burial system in China used to be dominated by burial, but in recent years, the country has strongly advocated cremation, which has led to a debate about burial or cremation. Is it better to be buried or cremated?

1, cremation is more environmentally friendly and safer.

Cultural backwardness is difficult to change superstition. It is generally believed that the deceased is the most important, and burning the deceased is disrespectful and unfilial to the deceased. The burial system has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Experts believe that cremation is better because it is more environmentally friendly, occupies less land, is safer, and is conducive to curbing the spread of diseases. Therefore, it is suggested that cremation should be carried out in rural areas.

2. Cremation costs more

Due to the monopoly of the funeral industry and the lack of market supervision mechanism, cremation generally requires a lot of money. Some old farmers worked out the total. Cremation is usually thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan more expensive than burial. Cremation fee, body deposit, funeral home occupation fee, urn fee and car rental fee in remote areas. In addition, it may cost money to refrigerate, embalm, dress and store the body. The cost varies from place to place, but it is definitely much more expensive.

3. Cremation wastes resources

First of all, cremation needs diesel and other energy sources, which will cause waste of resources. After cremation, harmful gases such as carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide will be released, not to mention the smell of burning corpses and scattered ashes. Most families in rural areas use straw mats or dig holes directly for burial. If the economy permits, brick mines will be used and the soil will be piled into graves. After retrieving the ashes, many families will close their graves according to the original burial norms, cut down forests to build graves and pile them up, which has no effect on saving land and protecting the original environment.

In order to carry out cremation in an all-round way, save land and protect the environment, it is necessary to increase publicity, invest funds, establish designated columbarium in each village and strengthen post-cremation work to achieve the expected environmental protection effect.