Australia’s first water cremation facility begins operating in Tasmania

It looks like some sort of factory, but it's not making anything new. Instead, it's facilitating a new approach to cremation. The first regulator approved water cremation facility in Australia has opened in Hobart. Something that reflects what actually happens naturally in in nature when someone's buried. Also known as alkaline hydrolysis, the process involves putting the body inside a stainless steel drum. Fill in it with a solution of water and alkali and heat in the body to approximately 90° for around 10 hours. At the end of the process, only the bones are left, which can be turned into ashes. About 70% of Australians who died last year chose a fire cremation. Water cremation is about 90% less direct emissions compared to a plant cremation. To be able to come in with essentially a new technology in the space and be able to offer that at a price point that is. Comparable with. The cheapest options that are already available I think is really an impressive thing. The costs associated with dyeing have increased by more than 20% in Australia since 2019 and environmental concerns are increasingly influencing people's choices around end of life practices. You can make a funeral, whatever it's going to be, and it doesn't always have to fit the mould. Making a funeral plan is something Bec Lyons wants more people to do, especially as the baby boomer generation ages and the rate of deaths increases. We need a reminder that one talking about death won't kill you, and none of us are getting out of here alive, taking a new look at an old tradition.