Currently, municipal offices and other local governments do not offer free collection of cremated remains. However, disposing of them with regular garbage or leaving them in a public place is considered a crime of "abandoning remains." Some local governments allow crematoriums to refuse collection of remains before they are cremated. While the general rule is that the family should collect the remains at the crematorium, if collection is absolutely impossible, in some areas, you may be able to refuse collection by filling out a form. The method of collection of remains differs between Kanto and Kansai. In Kanto, all remains are handed over to the family, while in Kansai, only a portion (approximately one-third) of the remains are handed over to the family, with the remainder disposed of by the crematorium or local government. Any ashes remaining after collection at the crematorium also become the property of the local government. Since the Cemetery and Burial Act does not specify how ashes should be handled, they are disposed of as general waste. Incidentally, the same applies to the remains of newborn babies and stillborn babies, whose bodies cannot be cremated. Many temples and cemeteries also contract with municipal waste disposal companies to handle the disposal of urns. Even communal graves at temples and cemeteries are eventually disposed of as general waste once their capacity is filled. Remains in abandoned graves are also disposed of as general waste. Of course, any precious metals in the urn are removed and sold for cash. Cemeteries in depopulated areas continue to see an increase in abandoned graves. If unmanaged graves are left unattended, they may end up being disposed of as waste in the worst case scenario. If you suspect that you may no longer be able to properly manage your grave for various reasons, please contact Scattered Bone Mountain before that happens. We can provide proper burial services.
Just to be safe, we also introduce a free method for disposing of ashes. This involves crushing the ashes yourself and disposing of them in the trash. Place the ashes in a plastic bag, wrap them in a towel, and crush them into small pieces using a hammer. Each piece must be 2 mm or smaller, so further crush them into powder using a mortar or pestle. It will probably take two full days to crush ashes into a standard 7-inch urn. Pulverizing bones is much harder than you might imagine. While you're there, you should also smash the urn with a hammer. You can dispose of it as non-burnable waste. If you own a forest or other area, you can scatter the ashes there. Human bones generally weigh over 2kg, so it's a considerable amount. If you scatter them all at once, the ground around them will turn completely white. As bones do not dissolve in water, they will remain completely white for a while even if it rains. I think it's best to scatter them over as wide an area as possible to minimize the psychological damage.
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