Promessa Organic

Promessa Organic AB is a Swedish company with headquarters in Göteborg, Sweden. For over 20 years, marine biologist Susanne Wiigh-Masak, in collaboration with AGA AB, has been developing a new form of ecological burial.

The process involves freeze-drying the remains, which are then reduced to a white powder. The remains are then placed in a biodegradeable casket, which is then interred in a shallow grave. A memorial tree or bush can be placed above the internment site. Within a year, the contents have decomposed and have been converted to loam, nourishing the newly planted memorial. The company claims that this is ecologically friendly.

References

*cite news |title=Swedes offer freeze-dry burials |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3473103.stm |work=BBC News |date=2004-02-09 |accessdate=2008-04-29
*cite news |title=Cold farewell for Sweden's dead |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/08/sweden.burials.ap/ |work=CNN International |date=2004-02-08 |accessdate=2008-04-29

External links

[http://www.promessa.se Promessa Organic AB]

ee also

List of Swedish companies