I have done some research and of course I can not find anything to support this fact. I have heard rumors that it is true that they sometimes do more than one body at a time. That means when your family receives the ashes, it is not ALL you. Are there any websites that will offer proof of laws against this? I am getting bad feelings about cremation, but I believe strongly that this is how I would like my family to treat my death. Please help!!
2007-01-25 10:33:52 · 8 answers · asked by Kat 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Bodies are cremated one at a time, it is illegal to cremate more than one at a time, so don't let anyone tell you any different, because that is not true. The retort for cremation is designed to hold one person, and only one person. One at a time, that's it!
2007-01-25 14:36:29 · answer #1 · answered by Reagan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The honest truth is you would only want to cremate one at a time....in general it takes about 1 hr to cremate the first hundred pounds then 1/2 hourt for each hundred pounds there after. So if you cremate a 300 Lb. man it takes about 2 Hrs. and if you were to cremate 3 100 Lb. men it would take the same 2 Hrs. It doesnt make much sense economically to do them together. As far as cremation goes i personally dont like it due to working in a crematory when i first got into the business.....But to each his own.
2007-01-26 02:41:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crematoriums really can't guarantee your ashes are completely you. There are overlapping cremations, problems with the equipment, ash from othe bodies in the incinerator - the best they can do is figure most of what your family gets is you.
You have to think - does it really matter? The essence that was you is gone. The ashes are nothing more than a tiny remnant of your earthly body, and do not relate to you in any real sense.
I will be cremated, but I hope no-one will bother to collect the ashes; they can go into landfill and help grow a tree, but I don't care who gets them or what becomes of them.
2007-01-25 10:55:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cadavers can be cremated at the same time, using the same heat source. HOWEVER, they must be separated by a firebrick wall that keeps the integrity of the ashes separated. So dear Aunt Edna will not be mixed together with Guido the enforcer.
However, this same law does not apply to pet cremations.
2007-01-25 10:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by ump2please 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. but you'll be all burned up, so why does it matter? the way it really works is that they burn all bodies individually. that is a law, they don't stack 'em or anything. but it is hard for anyone to guarantee they're all yours. it is a communal oven, so there might be bits of the people who went before you. i think the person below me is right that they collect them from the floor of the oven.
why does it matter? we fixate so much on death and preserving our remains... we should abolish graveyards and have more parks.
http://www.funeralassistant.com/consumerinfo/Cremation.htm
2007-01-25 10:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by uncle osbert 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no, only one at a time, however the ashes can easily get mixed up at the bottom of the furnace.
2007-01-25 10:42:36 · answer #6 · answered by Heather 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if your so worried about it... just make sure to die in a fire where your family can easily pickup the remains.
2007-01-25 10:46:18 · answer #7 · answered by fritz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
actually its way cheaper to not cremate
sometimes they just find all the bodies dumped somewhere
2007-01-25 10:48:28 · answer #8 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋