How a shortage of burial spaces can lead to greener graves
Analysis: Roads and railways could be lined eco-graves as Britain runs out of room for traditional funerals
As living humans voraciously consume the planet’s dwindling resources, our dead are also running out of space.
Britain’s graveyards and cemeteries are rapidly filling up and there will be precious few plots left for burials within five years, a leading public health expert warned on Friday.
He is not the first to sound the alarm about this looming problem. A 2013 survey of local authorities found almost half were expecting to run out of burial space in the next two decades. Many graveyards have been forced to expand onto neighbouring land and do away with trees or lawns to make more room.
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