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Is there a definitive list of processes that comply with the requirements of the Cremation Regulations 2008? Is alkaline hydrolysis (also called biocremation and/or resomation) approved?
Published on: 30 March 2017
Cremation is defined at regulation 2(1) of the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008, SI 2008/2841 (SI 2008/2841, reg 2(1)) as ‘the burning of human remains’.
Crematorium is defined in the Cremation Act 1902 (CA 1902) as ‘any building fitting with appliances for the purposes of burning human remains’.
Alkaline hydrolysis does not
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