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• Each Year, 22,500 cemeteries across the United States bury approximately:

• 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid which includes formaldehyde.

• 90,272 tons of steel• 2,700 tons of copper• 30-plus million board feet of precious

hardwoods• 1,636,000 tons of reinforced concrete in vaults• 14,000 tons of steel in vaults• Greenhaven Preserve is a member of the

Green Burial Council

• Greenhaven Perpetual

• $ 1595.00 Plot $ 3,000.00• $ 0.00 Vault $ 2,000.00• $ 0.00 Marker $ 2,500.00• $ 500.00 O/C $ 1,700.00

• $ 2095.00 Total $ 9,200.00

Meaningful

Sustainable

Myths about green burial:

Green Burial is illegal.

You must be embalmed.

You must use a funeral home.

ResourcesOnline ResourcesGreenburialcouncil.orgCongareelt.orgFunerals.org/fcasc

Books on the topic of green burialGrave Matters by Mark HarrisGraceful Exits by Sushila BlackmanFinal Gifts by Maggie Callahan & Patricia KelleyLiving Into Dying by Nancy PoerThe American Way of Death Revisited Grave Expectations: Planning The End Like There’s No Tomorrow

by Sue Bailey and Carmen Flowers