sea creatures.The "memorial balls" can include handprints, plaques, personal items and messages from loved ones before they are submerged underwater.US funeral firm Eternal Reefs teamed up with "reef ball" maker Reef Innovations to launch its "green burial" service in 1998.Since then, it has sunk more than 2,000 off the US's east coast.
The Eternal Reef website states the service, which costs about the same as a standard funeral, "combines a cremation urn, ash scattering, and burial at sea into one meaningful, permanent environmental tribute to life." "An Eternal Reef is part of a designed reef system created from individual reef balls made of environmentally safe, marine grade concrete that quickly assimilate into the natural ocean.
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