Death is a hard enough to think about, let alone thinking about the toll your body has on the environment when you die. 

Most of the methods we use to dispose of bodies – like cremation and burials – are incredibly carbon unfriendly.  

But the number of environmentally friendly alternatives is on the rise. 

Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Evrim Yazgin about how your body could be harming the planet and some of the greener – yet slightly queasier – methods for end of life.

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