Question reference: S5W-30183
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 June 2020
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Scottish Water does not allow resomation (water cremation).
Answer
Scottish Water is not opposed to the introduction into Scotland of alternatives to burial and cremation, including the services offered by Resomation Ltd. However, it has significant concerns about the effluent by-product from this process being discharged into public sewers. Scottish Water has engaged directly with Resomation Ltd over many years to explain its key concerns and has also encouraged them to give consideration to other alternative more sustainable ways of disposing of the liquid residue element from their process, rather than relying on a discharge to the public sewer.