Cremation
Late last year we brought you information on the Canadian on-line cremation start-up Eirene. The company started in the Greater Toronto area and has announced in this press release that they will be expanding in Ontario. Mallory Greene, founder and CEO of Eirene had this to say, “We built Eirene with a conviction that Canadians…
Citing “a threat to public health” the South Coast Air Quality Management District relaxed rules pertaining to cremation in Los Angeles County last week. The ruling, according to this article from National Public Radio, will lift limits on the number of cremations that can be conducted monthly by crematory operators. An official for the agency…
Funeral Director Daily has a few readers in the English speaking parts of the world outside of North America. We have followers in Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. However, it is not too often that we get news from those regions. Today, we are bringing you three articles from various parts of the world.…
I read this article entitled “Everyone dies, so why not go out as a tree?” from Denverite magazine. I even smile as I write this but it made me think of craft beer. I’m not alcohol free. I had of my share of beer. . . especially in my twenties. Today, however, I’m more for…
Some trends become tidal waves. This article from Great Britain insurer SunLife takes into account what they saw in 2020 as reported in their “Cost of Dying” report. You can access the company’s synopsis of the Great Britain death care market here. One of the findings, which is more than likely pandemic induced, but also…
Have you ever been really, really busy and then as you try to get something done, nothing seems to work correctly? It seems like that happens to me a lot. Well, it is happening to our colleagues in the state of Indiana where they have recently surpassed the 8,200 number of deaths from COVID-19. Not…
The article that I just read was all about Cremation #17263 that was left at the York, Nebraska, non-profit known as Blue Valley Community Action of York. The cardboard box was left at a drop there in the middle of the night. It was discovered, according to the article you can read here, by volunteer…
A little over a year ago Funeral Director Daily brought you this article introducing Better Place Forests to our readers. At that time we said of the idea, “Think of it. . . increased cremation and now a place – like cemeteries of old – where today’s consumer will feel comfortable placing the remains of…
It is not everyday that a new category for the consumer to choose from comes along. A new category has to be so unique that while it may have other ideas to compete with it, it is somewhat all by itself in the product or service it offers to the consumer. What is interesting is…
*Re-printed with permission from Pure Cremation. Before 2015 the funeral industry in Great Britain still looked and felt very Victorian. Most ceremonies were still rooted in 200-year old traditions and any deviation from the norm was frowned upon by both funeral directors and mourners. However, this was set to change when veteran undertaker Bryan Powell…
