Question reference: S5W-30184
- 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 what its position is on whether resomation (water cremation) can be an environmentally-sustainable end-of-life option, and what analysis it has made of the scientific research carried out by Middlesex University, which informed the decision by Yorkshire Water to approve the practice.
Answer
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has not assessed the environmental credentials of the process as Resomation Ltd wish to discharge the effluent by-product to public sewers. This is a matter for Scottish Water and I refer the member to the answer to S5W-30183 on 10 July 2020.
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