Green Funerals - Green Burial Council
Traditional burials are now being seen as anti green. Starting with embalming fluid that eventually leaks into the ground, the amount of wood and other materials used to make caskets and in some locations the limited amount of available burial space.
" ... Green Burial Council is a non-profit organization working to make burial more sustainable, economically viable, and meaningful ... aim to reduce the carbon emissions, waste and the use of toxic chemicals in the cemetery/funeral field and utilize burial as a means of acquiring, restoring, and stewarding natural areas."
"Founded in 2005, the Council has emerged as the "gold standard" among consumers, land trusts, park service agencies, cemetery operators, funeral homes, cremation companies and product suppliers."
You can search for specific green cemetery / burial options on the website.
One local cemetery in the area - West Laurel Hill in Bala Cynwyd, PA is now advertising / offering green burials.
Via: Green Burial Council http://www.greenburialcouncil.org/index.php