As a lifelong pet lover, I have had many beloved pets pass away. Each one of them I chose to cremate. At the time, I was unaware that cremation process releases toxic fumes into the atmosphere and requires considerable amounts of energy. Now there is a more eco-friendly option for disposing of your pets’ remains: aquamation.
Peaceful Pets Aquamation is the nation's first 100 percent green and gentle alternative to cremation and the “pet project” of award-winning television executive Jerry Shevick.
Aquamation is an eco-friendly, water-based process that is similar to natural decomposition, utilizing alkaline hydrolysis to expedite the process. “Cremation is a violent, oxidative process, while aquamation is a gentle, reductive process,” explained Shevick. “One uses fire and the other uses water. Aquamation essentially mimics exactly what nature does to a buried body, it just accelerates the process.” Shevick claims aquamation uses 1/20th the energy and has 1/10th of the carbon footprint.