DutchNews, February 12,
2018
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Funeral
directors Dela are building a crematorium run on electricity instead of gas in
Groningen, in a move to become more environmentally friendly, broadcaster NOS
reported on Monday.
The crematorium, which is expected to be operational at the
end of 2019, will be the first of its kind in the Netherlands and other funeral
services companies have already announced they will follow suit.
‘We are aiming
to make all cremations climate-neutral by 2030, Dela director Chris Beaulen
told the broadcaster. With around 800 cremations a year in Groningen and each
cremation consuming the amount of gas needed for 140 showers, savings will be
‘massive’, Beaulen said.
The fact that the new crematorium will be built in
Groningen, which is struggling with earthquakes caused by gas extraction, is
not a publicity stunt, Beaulen claims.
‘The problems surrounding gas extraction
are in the news at the moment but the technology has now become available and
Groningen simply happens to the place where we are building.’
More people in
the Netherlands are choosing cremation over burial, according to figures from
statistics office CBS. In 2001 about 50% of people opted for cremation. In 2016
the number had risen to 65% and the trend is expected to continue.
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