Natural burial site opens in Adelaide (Australia)
A natural burial area has been officially opened at Enfield in Adelaide.
Natural burials use a shroud or biodegradable coffin and bodies are not treated with chemicals. Funeral director Kevin Hartley says there has been plenty of interest in natural burial plots. “We’ve been conducting natural shroud burials since January last year and business has grown consistently and there’s been enormous interest in it,” he said. “The thing that is holding it back is the availability of a low-cost natural burial site.”
The Natural Earth Burial Society is still lobbying the SA Government for a site to be approved at Aldinga and has been doing its own water and soil testing.