Upright eco burial at vertical cemetery

Herald Sun
Melbourne, Australia
October 05, 2010

Half the cost of a normal burial
No grave markers just a GPS coordinate

Allan Heywood lost his battle with cancer last Tuesday and was buried in the unusual, space-saving grave in the new vertical cemetery outside Camperdown in western Victoria….

Mr Heywood’s decision to have a vertical burial was not just based on lower costs and environmental efficiency, but his belief that elaborate funerals were for the living.

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