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Body 'liquefaction' unit unveiled (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by emerty@feddit.uk to c/nottheonion@kbin.social

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[–] manillaface@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Hopefully my local Tropical Smoothie Cafe gets one soon.

[–] ackzsel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This may be a problem on my side but just to check: Does the full body of the article consist of just these 9 words: "New body 'liquefaction' unit unveiled in Florida funeral home" or are parts of that website not loading for me?

[–] TiredSpider@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

it's just you, I get five lines in the article and a video.

[–] emerty@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Had to click the read more bit to get:

A Glasgow-based company has installed its first commercial "alkaline hydrolysis" unit at a Florida funeral home.

The unit by Resomation Ltd is billed as a green alternative to cremation and works by dissolving the body in heated alkaline water.

The facility has been installed at the Anderson-McQueen funeral home in St Petersburg, and will be used for the first time in the coming weeks.

Here, company founder Sandy Sullivan explains how the machine works