(Slideshow) 7 Technological innovations to preserve the environment - Page 7

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Green burial

"Green burials" are conducted with no chemical preservatives and no cement vaults. Bodies buried this way will fully decompose within 20 years, making this type of interment much better for the land. A Catholic cemetery in Minnesota recently began offering "green burials" and they have already sold 15 plots.

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