Bring out your dead and flush them down the drain ....

[Mk2Jo]

Undertakers in Belgium have said they want to save the environment by liquefying corpses instead of cremating them

 

Bring Out Your Dead - And Put Them Down Drain!

 

It has been claimed the process of dissolving the dead in a caustic potash solution would use less energy than a crematorium - it would also not emit any harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

 

The body sludge could then be given to relatives to flush away as a final goodbye.

 

The Flemish Association of Undertakers is now trying to get permission to carry out the green procedure, which is known as chemical hydrolysis.

 

Bodies are dissolved by placing them in a container of water and salts. The mixture is then pressurised and after about two hours, all that remains is mineral ash and a liquid gunk.

 

But the idea is controversial in a country which has strong religious beliefs.

 

Many people associate the idea with something out of a gangster movie - an awkward character or witness is disposed of by the mob in an acid bath.

 

Frederik Vanbellingen, an undertaker in Flanders, told Sky News he thought the new technique would fail to catch on.

 

"In Belgium it will be hard to introduce. We know about cremation but not this new process," he said.

 

"I think a solution to the problem of the fluid also needs to be found. Relatives could find pouring their loved ones away psychologically difficult."

 

The European Commission has also become involved and is considering whether or not the practise is safe.

 

It is trying to establish if liquid remains can be poured down the drain without blocking up the sewage system.

 

Euuuwwwwww

[Trevmk3]

quick disposal

[andy a]

Sounds good to me, people have been doing it with goldfish for years (without all the chemical processes etc)

[Mad Mex]

There was a chap doing this for the mexican drug cartels Not legally of course , if i recall he dissolved over 300 people and put the gloop in a big pit. they called him "The Stew Maker"

[Pipster007]

they called him "The Stew Maker"

Did the arresting officer say "Irish Stew in the name of the Law" geddit

[Mk2Jo]

Sounds good to me, people have been doing it with goldfish for years (without all the chemical processes etc)

 

not quite the same

[Mad Mex]

they called him "The Stew Maker"

Did the arresting officer say "Irish Stew in the name of the Law" geddit

 

[Mk2Jo]

Mad Mex ..... don't encourage him

[filicapri]

Those Damn Belgium Bastards ,burn nin hell

[FredTransit]

Eeew indeed! If it dissolves bodies, how can this chemical treatment be OK to put into the water table? As far as the environment goes, I think the CO2 into the atmosphere is a better bet!

[Mk2Jo]

Those Damn Belgium Bastards ,burn nin hell

 

You had better watch yourself ... you may wake up one morning to find your relatives setting light to you and flushing you down the loo!!

[GT_Jim]

send the bodies into space - some people have done that already and it would be more impressive to watch

[Mk2Jo]

send the bodies into space - some people have done that already and it would be more impressive to watch

 

Using a giant catapult how funny would that be ... or is it just me

[filicapri]

Those Damn Belgium Bastards ,burn nin hell

 

You had better watch yourself ... you may wake up one morning to find your relatives setting light to you and flushing you down the loo!!

 

[GT_Jim]

send the bodies into space - some people have done that already and it would be more impressive to watch

 

Using a giant catapult how funny would that be ... or is it just me

 

I laughed at that

[zetecmk2]

john george haigh tried that in crawley.........they hanged him!!

[V8ian]

Certainly when you dissolve bodies in Acids the body fat does not!!, it just floats to the surface and has to be disposed of seperatly, bearing in mind Westminister council has just removed over 1000 tons of congealed fat from the sewers under Leicester square from the local resturants, I can see some logistical problems with blocked sewers throughout the country,

Now lets think, there must be some profit to be made from this residue by converting it to something useful,

 

Diesel Bio fuel,

Engine oil,

Surf board wax, [body Boards]

Candles,

Skin Moisturiser

 

and Im sure there are millions of other uses too