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New Delhi. Over 100 fuel-efficient crematoria have been sanctioned in the country to cut down on air pollution, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in Lok Sabha Wednesday. 'So far, 107 schemes of crematoria have been sanctioned, out of which 86 schemes have been completed by the state governments,' he said.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A Dutch union representing crematoriums says cardboard coffins are a fine idea but not when they are highly flammable. The National Crematoria Union has issued a warning to the Netherlands' cremation parlours not to accept cardboard or wool coffins, which have grown in popularity due to environmental concerns.

Crematorium bosses face being jailed if council plans to tackle pollution do not work. Millions of pounds are to be spent on Worthing and Eastbourne crematoriums while equipment will also be added to Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton to ensure that they comply with Government guidelines by 2012.

A £2m SCHEME to make Portchester Crematorium more environmentally-friendly is to get under way next year. The project will see specialist equipment installed at the site, which sees around 4,000 cremations take place every year.

Solar panels introduced at a cost of £61,000 to cut power bills Inverness Crematorium is now using solar power, but only to help lower electricity costs for central heating and lighting. For the past nine months 66 panels mounted on the south-facing roof have been converting sunlight to energy and reducing the crematorium’s carbon footprint.

Following the discovery of more than 2,000 aborted fetuses at a temple crematorium in Bangkok last week, Thai police have promised a crackdown on clinics performing illegal abortions, already arresting one abortion practitioner and investigating several clinics. The nascent crackdown immediately sparked criticism from reproductive-rights activists, who say it will force poor women into even more illicit and unsafe conditions if they choose to end a pregnancy in Thailand, where most abortions are illegal.

With graveyard space running out in many parts of Turkey, Antalya Mayor Mustafa Akaydin’s comments about opening a crematorium in the Mediterranean city have sparked debate around the country. Funeral companies say there is increasing demand for cremation and that the practice is legal, but Islamic scholars argue that it is against religious valuesCrowded conditions at graveyards in the Mediterranean city of Antalya have sparked debate within Turkey about the possibility of establishing crematoriums in the country.

FUNERAL parlors in southwest China's Chongqing have halted business because crematoriums are unable to cremate bodies due to diesel shortages.

A study of secondhand pacemakers in developing countries has ignited a debate between proponents of the idea and makers of the cardiac-rhythm devices. Almost two years ago, a 65-year-old Philippine woman showed up at a hospital in Manila after she fainted. Doctors said her heart was beating too slowly and she needed a pacemaker to coax it into a natural rhythm. Without one, she would probably die.

A PRESTIGIOUS Lonsdale belt belonging to Cefneithin boxing champion Robert Dickie who passed away last week has been returned to his family 12 years after it was auctioned. It is expected to be displayed at his funeral today at Llanelli Crematorium. Mr Dickie died of a heart attack at his Llanelli home aged just 46.