Partner with us to offer water cremation at your crematorium.

Find out how you can save 85% of cremation CO² emissions with zero capital investment

If you operate a crematorium and are seeking ways to reduce your environmental impact, consider partnering with Harbour. By offering our water cremation services at your venue, you can help your clients significantly decrease their carbon footprint compared to traditional cremation.

Plus, our partnership requires no capital investment required. It’s a powerful way to respect both your clients’ wishes and the environment.

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The benefits of water cremation

Put simply, water cremation is significantly more environmentally friendly than traditional cremation

Less energy from electricity and gas

Greatly reduced carbon footprint

No air pollution or mercury emissions

Safe DNA-free by-product that can be returned to the water cycle

While new environmental regulations for traditional ‘flame’ cremations have reduced some types of emissions, it remains an environmentally damaging process. Flame cremations inevitably require high non-renewable energy consumption, creating a large and damaging carbon footprint that adds to climate change.

People in the UK are increasingly concerned about their impact on the environment, and greener options for funerals are risingin popularity.

Harbour’s Water Cremation facility will be:

sustainable, with a CO2 footprint 15% the size of a flame cremation;

without gaseous emissions, due to lower temperature requirement;

operated on a closed-loop system, so all by-products are recovered, and, often, recycled on-site.

What is water cremation?

Water cremation is a modern, innovative alternative to traditional cremation. The process works in two steps:

The deceased is placed inside a pressurised chamber where heated water and potassium hydroxide return the body to its chemical components.

It seems a logical conclusion to our lifecycle since we are 60% water.

As with traditional cremation, the remains are turned into ashes and placed into an urn.

However, following a water cremation the ashes are pure white as they have not been through the combustion process.

The by-products are the body’s natural chemical components of amino acids, sugars, salts and peptides.

At the end of this step, only bones and any dental or bodily implants remain.

Upon completion of both stages, the ashes are returned to your family. This often leads to a personally tailored memorial service or celebration of life, held at a time chosen by the family. Such occasions frequently occur during warmer summer months or times of the year with sentimental significance. The scattering of ashes often becomes a poignant part of these celebrations.

Flame and water cremation compared

Visualising the difference between inputs and outputs

Flame cremation

Water cremation

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Input

Renewable energy

Air polution

Output

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Water cremation at your crematorium

Harbour is constructing Britain’s first dedicated water cremation facility. It utilises proven technology in service for over 30 years in North America and is set in a beautiful tranquil 20-acre site in the South East of England.

We would like to extend the opportunity to partner with Harbour and offer water cremation at your crematorium. After the funeral service has taken place at your crematorium, Harbour would transport the coffin to our water cremation facility and carry out the water cremation, in keeping with the ICCM’s guidelines. The remains would then be delivered back to you.

This service offers all of the environmental benefits of water cremation, but without the costly initial investment. Harbour will provide all necessary support to you and your crematorium.