Thanks to the good people at Carbon4Good, we are now able to offset the emissions from each cremation and so are further along the sustainability road! They have calculated several factors for each cremation, including use of the car to transport the coffin, the coffin itself and the energy used by the cremator. We will be able to have two trees planted for each cremation, starting this week. This offset will add a cost of $10 to each cremation. We are very excited about this development, as we move closer and closer to becoming a fully sustainable funeral compamy. We hope that other funeral companies follow our lead.
| Consumption | Tonnes CO2 Produced | Explanation | |
| Natural Gas | 3.6GJ | 0.194 | 1000kWh = 3.6GJ and |
| 3.6GJ of Natural Gas = 0.194 tonnes CO2 (ACE |
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| Casket | 0.025 kg of | 0.031 | MFE emission factor for wood burned by industry is |
| wood | 1.26 per kg so, 0.025 wood makes 0.031 tonnes CO2 |
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| Human Remains | 14kg of carbon | 0.051324 | In an 80 kg person, 14kg of that is carbon. |
| Out of 80 kg | Every 1000kg of carbon converts to 3666kg of CO2. |
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| Per person | 1000kgC/3666kgCO2=14kgC/X kgCO2 |
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| X= 51.324 kgCO2, 51.324kgCO2=.0051324tonnesCO2 | |||
| Transport | 1.776litres of | 0.00355 | 16km/100km= .16, 11.1 litres*.16=1.776 litres, |
| petrol | 1 litre of petrol produces 0.002 tonnes of CO2. |
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| 0.002tonnes/litre*1.776litres= 0.00355tonnes of CO2. |
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| Total | 0.28 | Sum of Nat. Gas, Casket, Human Remains and Transport |
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| Trees to plant | 2 | Number of CO2 in tonnes divided by .15 |
