Freeze-Drying for Funerals of Future

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BODIES could be freeze-dried and shattered into dust to save space and help the environment, under plans being considered by a Scottish local authority.

East Lothian Council thinks the technique, invented in Sweden, could help ease cemetery congestion, while cutting emissions from cremations.

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Freeze-Drying for Funerals of Future

The process would involve freezing the dead body to -18C before submerging it in liquid nitrogen.

This would make the body so brittle it would disintegrate into dust when a vibrat...

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