Depending on who you ask, non-biodegradable caskets and embalming were already polluting, so no, I don’t think that the microplastics are really making the situation any worse.
Well, if burying a body is now considered littering, I guess we should all start carrying around biodegradable bags for our friends’ remains! Talk about a grave situation!
Let me put it this way. If you are caught by the authorities burying a human body outside of an approved burial plot, littering will be the least of your problems.
I think embalming fluids in a heavy non degradable casket and cremating using more energy and waste is still more than natural decomposition would ever expel into the earth. Putting an untouched body even if it’s full of toxins is still less harmful than most alternatives
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Depending on who you ask, non-biodegradable caskets and embalming were already polluting, so no, I don’t think that the microplastics are really making the situation any worse.
No but I bet you can bring a body to a bottle return center and get 5 cents
Probably more recycling. Returned to the earth so future generations can consume it
Probably, just toss it in the blue bin, doing your fair share
Wait, how did plastics get in my micropenis?
Ashes to ashes, micro plastic to micro plastic
Yes, so when I die, I want to be thrown in the trash.
Well, if burying a body is now considered littering, I guess we should all start carrying around biodegradable bags for our friends’ remains! Talk about a grave situation!
Let me put it this way. If you are caught by the authorities burying a human body outside of an approved burial plot, littering will be the least of your problems.
depending how old you are and what drugs you took before dying – your body is most likely toxic waste, e.g. cancer patients who received a chemo
I think embalming fluids in a heavy non degradable casket and cremating using more energy and waste is still more than natural decomposition would ever expel into the earth. Putting an untouched body even if it’s full of toxins is still less harmful than most alternatives
Seeing as it’s less than 0.000001% of body mass, no.
Is entropy littering
Even if we launched corpses into space it would be littering. Let’s just burn them all
All burials are a scam
I was trash anyway, it’s going to be littering no matter what.
Burying me would be littering because I am trash
Op it’s not too late to turn yourself in
So, would cremation be considered an illegal burn of hazardous materials?
You mean hazardous waste removal.