In Britain, they want to allow boiling and flushing deceased people down the sewage system

In Britain, a revolutionary approach to the burial of the deceased is being developed.

As BAKU.WS reports with reference to the Telegraph, specialists propose to legally permit alternative methods of body disposal - instead of traditional cremation or burial, Britons will be able to choose a procedure where remains are dissolved or flushed into the sewage system.

The new initiative provides for official approval of two methods: alkaline hydrolysis, which takes from two to 18 hours, and composting of human remains. When using the first method, bones and teeth that are resistant to the dissolution process will be ground into powder and given to relatives. The remaining tissues will turn into liquid, which is proposed to be disposed of through the sewage system.

This type of burial is known as "water burial," although in common usage it is often called "flushing" or "flushing and throwing away bones" rituals. Such procedures are already available in some regions of Australia and Canada.

"From a water quality perspective, our research has not identified any problems with discharge into the sewage system," commented Dr. Liane Lundy, a wastewater specialist from Middlesex University.