ramble81@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's going to be the final way that boomers pull up the ladder behind them?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down116
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareWhat's going to be the final way that boomers pull up the ladder behind them?ramble81@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoEh, here in Sweden it is normal to reuse grave sites, you normally get a grave site for 25 years, but it can be extended. The relatives of the person buried can extend the time that the gravesite is yours, but it costs money. Sooner or later the gravesite is returned to the church to be reused.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoWhat happens to the bodies already buried within?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoThey are first cremated, and at leat when my grandad died, the ash was placed in a biodegradable urn, so I’ll assume it just biodegrade when the next guy is going in.
minus-squarebreecher@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoThat’s the way it is in a lot of European countries. Every single acre of land would be a gravesite if not for this system.
minus-squareglitch1985@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoIs everything broken down in 25 years or do they do something with the remains?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoMost people here are cremated, I also remember the urn my grandfather was buried in was biodegradable so after 25 years there is nothing really left. I don’t know if everything is broken into 25 years, or so, that is just what I read on the Chruch of Sweden’s website.
Eh, here in Sweden it is normal to reuse grave sites, you normally get a grave site for 25 years, but it can be extended.
The relatives of the person buried can extend the time that the gravesite is yours, but it costs money.
Sooner or later the gravesite is returned to the church to be reused.
What happens to the bodies already buried within?
They are first cremated, and at leat when my grandad died, the ash was placed in a biodegradable urn, so I’ll assume it just biodegrade when the next guy is going in.
That’s the way it is in a lot of European countries. Every single acre of land would be a gravesite if not for this system.
Is everything broken down in 25 years or do they do something with the remains?
Have you heard about Paris catacombs?
Most people here are cremated, I also remember the urn my grandfather was buried in was biodegradable so after 25 years there is nothing really left.
I don’t know if everything is broken into 25 years, or so, that is just what I read on the Chruch of Sweden’s website.