I’ve signed up for donation for dissection. One slight caveat is that the institution - in my case a medical school - can decline to take your body if you’ve died of something infectious or if it’s been too damaged, eg in a crash. If all goes well, they collect the body, and when they’re finished with it they have it cremated. Family can have the ashes if they want. There’s a nice memorial garden with the names of donors. It’s all free… I mean, this is the medical school where Burke and Hare sold their murder victims, so they’re quite grateful to get your corpse for nothing.
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lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Direct Cremation but if you don’t mind your body going out of your family’s control donating your body to science or a body farm for forensic anthropologist. It can be free.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Seconded on donating. It was free when I needed it for a family member and they sent a really lovely memorial letter. It listed all the things the donations went to like helping to restore sight in a veteran. You also still receive the cremated remains afterwards. Its a great option.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Came here to say this; cremation is the cheapest that leaves your family with an object; leaving your body to science can be zero-cost (costs paid by the institution of choice).