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Aquamation is currently being offered to private clients and policyholders at the AVBOB Maitland Funeral Parlour in Cape Town, AVBOB Pretoria West branch in Gauteng, and at the newly launched facility, at the Gqeberha AVBOB Funeral Branch.
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AVBOB plans to expand its Aquamation service to three additional branches( one each in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape) in the next few years.
The aquamation process has a decreased carbon footprint and eliminates the direct emission of greenhouse gases or mercury into the environment, while ensuring an energy saving of 90 % when compared to flame-based cremation.
9 At the core of the process is water, which is a natural and essential part of life, comprising 60 % of our bodies.
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Aquamation reduces the soft tissue of the body to its basic building blocks.
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The bones( calcium) remain, which are then powdered and presented to the family as ' ashes ' in an urn, in the same manner as with flame-based cremation.
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The family receives a third more ashes from aquamation compared to flame-based cremation.
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