Preferences for green burials have risen since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with fewer Americans preferring cremation as Americans adjust to the wave of COVID deaths.
The survey found 24% of Americans had changed their burial plans this year, compared with 37% in 2021.
"Since COVID our demand has risen exponentially," says Ed Bixby, president of the Green Burial Council.FUNERAL INDUSTRY TRYING TO HOLD THE LINE AS COSTS SOAR Gardner Funeral Home in Runnemede, N.J. is a Green Burial Council-certified funeral home. Nick Tomasello, a certified funeral service practitioner, told FOX Business the trend has been slow to catch on in his area because people there are more likely to follow family funeral traditions since they’ve lived in the region for generations.
"Cremation is very quick, but the problem is you lose celebration and memorialization, and people don’t realize that until the actual process is over," Bixby says. He explains cremation is literally taking a human being directly from a hospital to a crematory. "At that point, you feel a little empty, a little hollow."Greenland Cemetery, Magnolia, N.J. Dec. 17, 2022. The cemetery was established in 1848 and belongs to the Magnolia United Methodist Church.
"Fortunately for the consumer, natural burial pricing has really not been affected all that much by the COVID pandemic," he says.
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