You've spent your life reusing and recycling. Turns out, you may be able to be environmentally friendly in death. This is nothing new, as it was done this way by our forefathers years ago.
Green burials, which got their start in Britain, aim to reduce toxins and waste and more easily allow for the natural cycle of death and decay. Families make their own arrangements for visitation and funeral services. Most funeral homes require bodies to be embalmed for public visitation to be held, and state law requires unembalmed bodies to be buried within 48 hours of death.