Sweden's new funeral rite - bodies freeze-dried, powdered and made into tree mulch

Buried, cremated or freeze-dried?

Ashes to ashes, dust to mulch? In Sweden it will soon be possible to have your corpse freeze-dried, powdered and made into tree mulch, says the UK's Telegraph. "Swedes will ... have the chance to bury their dead according to the pioneering method, which involves freezing the body, dipping it in liquid nitrogen and gently vibrating it to shatter it into powder. This is put into a small box made of potato or corn starch and placed in a shallow grave, where it will disintegrate within six to 12 months. People are to be encouraged to plant a tree on the grave. It would feed off the compost formed from the body, to emphasise the organic cycle of life."

Good idea. Sometimes I think I'd be much happier as a tree. I'm sure the Druids would approve.

(via Yet Another Damn Blog)