aquamation
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Cox’s business, Honor Pet, provides water cremation, a.k.a aquamation, on-site so if people use their facility to euthanize their pet, they can have aquamation done in the same facility.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
"Some new processes are emerging as potentially more sustainable options for cremation, including liquid cremation or aquamation," he says, explaining the process.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023
Following aquamation, Tutu's remains were interred in an wooden box beneath the floor of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town.
From Reuters • Jan. 20, 2022
Instead, Tutu reportedly requested aquamation, or alkaline hydrolysis, a water-based process considered an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cremation.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2022
Occasionally, though, someone seeking to open an aquamation facility will have difficulty convincing wastewater-treatment officials that the process is sufficiently pure.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2019
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