alkaline hydrolysis
The Washington Post recently printed this article which in part said, “. . . .a distinct shift is underway in how we approach death. More than half of Americans are seeking greener funerals, according to the National Funeral Directors Association, and the percentage is rising. The funeral industry is responding: You can now be entombed in a…
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I’ve said it before and truly believe it. Death care is changing and will continue to change. No longer are traditional funeral homes the only option for those who need death care services. Have you heard of the “Be a Tree Cremation Service” of Denver, Colorado, yet? Neither had I until this past…
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“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven –“. That is the first verse in Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 and the 2nd verse goes on to say “A time to give birth, and a time to die“. Any funeral director who has ever spent time on a…
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It’s not surprising to see why in a world of 73 million baby boomers and a large group of funeral home owners planning to retire in the next five years that private equity businesses see an opportunity in Death Care, specifically in owning funeral homes. This article from Fortune entitled “Death is anything but a…
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As long as I’ve written this blog I’ve predicted that death care – that is dispositions for the dead human body – will eventually become increasingly a collection of “niche” businesses. That is, compared to what we have gotten used to seeing. . .a funeral home that takes care of your every need in the…
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Last week I saw an article about the Fast Food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act that has passed both houses of the California legislature and is awaiting a signature by Governor Gavin Newsome to make it a law. Part of what that law would do is create a 10-person fast-food council with employee and…
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New products and services used by the American public seem to start as fads, become a trend, and then, those with staying power evolve into a tradition of life. Over the last few days I’ve noticed a couple of products that have either followed that road map or may be on their way to dissolving. …
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The Choice Mutual annual survey on American burial preferences, that you can access here, has been released and it shows that preference for Natural Burial dispositions has grown since the 2020 survey while the preference for traditional services and cremation has declined. To be sure, Natural Burial only shows a preference of 10% of the…
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Earlier this week I came across this article on how the State of Hawaii is now poised to become the 22nd state of the United States that will legalize alkaline hydrolysis. I’ve said before that even though it has been since 2003 that the first state in the country legalized alkaline hydrolysis — that’s almost…
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I’ve said in this forum, while Natural Organic Reduction (what some call human composting) is not for me. . . as an entrepreneur I’m somewhat in awe of how Katrina Spade moved the idea for human disposition from idea to a legal process of disposition. Spade not only had to prove that the concept worked…
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