1. Preparation Before anyone places a body in a casket, they typically need to prepare the body first.

Embalming: formaldehyde restores some color to the skin of a body. looks more “alive.” make incisions to raise arteries before injecting embalming fluid where loved ones won’t see the incisions during viewings.

Draining: Drainblood and other fluids from the chest cavity and organs. remove any remaining contents of the bowels, bladder, and intestines. distribute cavity fluid in certain essential areas. to guards against odors.

Packing : With cotton wool, a specialist will pack a body’s nose and throat to prevent fluid from leaking out. They may also insert some cotton into the mouth to give it a plumper appearance. stitch the mouth closed from the inside, dry the eyes, insert caps beneath the lids to keep their shape, and sometimes add Vaseline or a similar product to keep them closed.

Washing and trimming: hair. nails. cosmetics. "waxy"

Placement: check a body’s ID tag against its coffin to make sure they place it in the right one.

Arrangement of body parts.

The head : on a block, head turned slightly to right.

The hands: on abdomen with wedding ring hand on top of other hand, fingers touching.

the legs: together, feet up.

other considerations: it’s important to account for how much a casket weighs when choosing pallbearers. For example, metal caskets and hardwood caskets weigh more than softwood or biodegradable caskets.

mausoleum: seal the crypt opening. special sealant to the edges of the crypt opening. Then, someone will insert an interior cover. Along with the sealant, they’ll use screws to ensure it stays in place. apply the sealant edges of interior cover. may also place tape over the sealant. reinstall the decorative crypt cover. It stays in place with the help of rosettes in all four of its corners. have a few weeks to decide what

If you're willing to consider cremation for yourself or a loved one, you have more options than ever for how you store the remains. For example, companies like Eterneva can transform a small amount of the ashes into a real diamond, which you can then keep somewhere special or wear in a piece of jewelry.

return to nature. no casket. a burial shroud, which is designed to decompose more quickly than wood, metal, or any other casket material.

a tree pod burial: your body goes into a "pod," where it helps fuel a sapling's roots as it grows. A simpler version of this idea is for the ashes to be buried or scattered along with flower seed paper.

turn cremated ashes into beautiful, natural-looking stones with Parting Stone, or infuse them into a piece of vibrant glass artwork.

about burial shrouds: a shroud is just a piece of material just wrapped around you, it is going to show the outline of a body, that’s just the way it is. if you're getting cremated - when the body is pushed into the incinerator, there is something for the funeral director to push against. Otherwise they will be pushing directly against the body and that’s not okay. if burial, check that cemetery accepts a shroud. Think about the environmental impact of what it is that you want to do. biodegradable, in other words.