New body liquefaction unit unveiled in Florida funeral home

A Glasgow-based company has installed its first commercial alkaline hydrolysis unit at a Florida funeral home.

The unit by Resomation Ltd is billed as a green alternative to cremation and works by dissolving the body in heated alkaline water.

The facility has been installed at the Anderson-McQueen funeral home in St Petersburg, and will be used for the first time in the coming weeks. It is hoped other units will follow in the US, Canada and Europe — via redwolf.newsvine.com