Church of England bishops consider allowing human composting, water cremation at funerals in effort to reach net zero targets
Bishops are considering establishing a consultation group to assess the “theological considerations” of alternative means of body disposal.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
In 2020, the General Synod, the church’s legislative body, voted to set a target of carbon neutrality by 2030. In a written question to the Synod ahead of this month’s conference, which began Monday and runs until Thursday, the Rev. Canon Andrew Dotchin, the Synod’s representative on the churches’ funerals group, asked if the church had any “theological objections” to either resomation or human composting.
Replying on behalf of the chair of the House of Bishops, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Michael Ipgrave, suggested the canon could help to organize “a small consultation … to look at this question in more detail and with ecumenical input.” There is no law against resomation in the U.K., but no water firm has so far granted permission for its drains to be used to dispose of human remains.
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