An ‘eco-friendly’ cemetery space may open near Paris in September. The ‘recollection and burial space’ that respects the environment may come up at Ivry in the Val-de-Marne department, just outside Paris, Italian news agency ANSAmed reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The move is in response to the increasing pubic demand for ‘eco-friendly funerals,’ said the report quoting a news story in French daily La Matinale du Monde on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Ivry cemetery is one of 20 such facilities under the jurisdiction of Paris City Hall, the headquarters of the Paris municipality. The request to dedicate a part of the cemetery to ‘eco-friendly burials’ requires approval from the City Council, which will vote on the proposal on July 8.<\/p>\n
If approved, the area will be reserved for burials with caskets made exclusively of cardboard and local wood. Grave markers made of imported granite or reinforced concrete will not be permitted.<\/p>\n
An expert quoted by Le Monde said the only grave markers allowed would be “discreet tombstones in local wood” and described the move as a “return to what was done in the country for millennia”.<\/p>\n
Preparation of the bodies for burial will also be in an eco-friendly manner with clothes made of “natural fibres”. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s team said it was ready to create similar spaces in other cemeteries as well.<\/p>\n
The cost of burial in an ‘eco-friendly’ cemetery space will be cheaper than that of a traditional cemetery, said the ANSAmed report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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