Eco-Friendly Hearses Introduced in Europe
With the green movement in full swing, it was only a matter of time before European countries began using eco-friendly hearses. However, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
The eco-friendly hearses used in Granada have a top speed of about 40 kilmetres per hour. Since the hearses are powered by a battery instead of fuel, they produce no carbon dioxide emissions or greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Officials at the San Jose cemetery wanted to help preserve the planet while still transporting bodies to their final resting places in eco-friendly hearses and funeral cars. As a result of their actions, other burial grounds around Spain have noticed the eco-friendly hearses and made goals to do the same thing.
“We have had other cemeteries contact us and ask what the hearses are like,” said Jose Antonio Munuz, the director of the company which manages San Jose cemetery. “We tell them they are fantastic,” he continued. Munoz also went on to say that the San Jose cemetery is “not only the first cemetery in Spain to use CO2-free electric hearses to carry coffins, but we are the first in Europe.”
“Our top priority was to stop people from breathing in pollution during funerals,” said the mayor of Granada. It appears they are on their way to accomplishing their goal.
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