91 Division Street South
Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 1P5
Licence No.  FE-1449
Funeral Establishment Operator – Class 1
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Chatham Funeral Home

519-352-2390
4 Victoria Avenue
Chatham, Ontario N7L 2Z6
Licence No. FE-1489
Funeral Establishment Operator – Class 1
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Wheatley Funeral Home

17 Little Street South; Box 117
Wheatley, Ontario N0P 2P0
Licence No. FE-1488
Funeral Establishment Operator – Class 1
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Alternative Options

Alternative Cremation Options

The latest innovation in cremation is a process of alkaline hydrolysis, sometimes called resomation. The process was developed in the United States in the late 1990s. The Cremation Association of North America describes the process as "a water-based dissolution process for human remains that uses alkaline chemicals, heat, and sometimes agitation and-or pressure, to accelerate natural decomposition".

Compared with traditional cremation, this process uses less energy and releases no carbon and no matter into the atmosphere. Not all regions have made the legislative changes required for funeral homes to offer this service to families and the equipment costs are more than a conventional retort. Both factors currently reduce the availability of resomation cremation services.
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