Pure Cremation is body disposal right?

I have found the rituals of some funerals we’ve attended very forced, like the bereaved have been talked into a set-piece performance by the undertaker/celebrant. Naff music, tacky flower arrangements, inappropriate speeches by people not used to talking in public, huge costs that they were too shy to say “no” to in case people thought they were stingy… the list goes on. I’d be very happy for my remains to be cremated and then scattered after a memorial party some time later, when everyone’s thinking straight.

We did exactly this. A while later due to Covid but it was much nicer having a memorial than a depressing funeral planned in the depths of grief.

TBF, the OP is on about Pure Cremation. It is even in the title.

Pure Cremation is one company doing it. There are lots of others also doing direct cremations so the subject isn't restricted to just the one company but the act of cremation without any funeral

Pure Cremation is what the thread is about.

Do you have proof of that?
It is an awful thing to say TBH. There are people on this thread that have used PC, and I am sure do not need to read that their loved ones were "stacked, stored and disposed of haphazardly" if that was not true.

A friends partner planned a pure cremation. Some family members found it tough as come from a background with wakes etc.
We planned a celebration of her one month after she died. I gathered stories and memories from friends and family and did a book of it all with shared photos which she had as a running slideshow. . We gathered bunches of her favourite flowers and decorated the smallish function room in a nice bar. I asked people beforehand if anyone wanted to speak and read out on behalf of others. We made it a special day to give closure. It was really lovely and funny, just as she'd have liked.

It's handling human bodies as waste, on an industrial scale. They are stacked, stored and disposed of haphazardly, there is no personal attention.

I get that we in the UK are divorced from the concept of death, sometimes profoundly so, and in that context maybe it makes sense to treat human beings as less than offal once they are actually dead but still, it seems grotesque to me.

We used Pure Cremation for my dad this year. We knew when he was being cremated. There was a lovely lady delivered him back to us. No complaints about the service from them at all. Then we held a celebration of his life a couple of months later, which gave mum something to focus on for a while.

But this is personal choice, surely?
I didn't need to have a body there to say goodbye...in fact it felt preferable to traditional funerals.

It strikes me as odd... A body is just what transports the essence /soul of someone around in.

A bit insensitive to think of it in that way if I’m honest. For a lot of people it’s circumstantial. I found out out of the blue that my father passed and it’s all I could afford at the time. Logistically we could not do a service anyway. I received his ashes, I chose the urn. I never once thought he was disposed of.

Pure cremation are just one company.
If you arrange a direct cremation through a funeral director then the deceased stays with them until the cremation, you can pay extra to use a local crematorium, can arrange a viewing and the ashes are returned there.
You don't choose the date but you can decline a date if it's not suitable.
You will be told the time the cremation will take place.
At least that was my recent experience.

Your original post did not specify that you were only talking about the company Pure Cremation!

That was absolutely not my experience

I agree, but cremation is not disposing of a body really. They are transforming it, and in most cases giving the remains back to you.

I just found the term really insensitive TBH. My DF died earlier this year and we used a direct cremation service (not Pure Cremation). We did not see it as a "body disposal service". it is just the cremation without the funeral.
Body disposal just sounds like you are burdened with something and want someone to take it away.

It does sound horrible, but no matter if someone is cremated or buried, it's a way of disposing of their remains in a sanitary way. The rest of the funeral is all social niceties.

I'm not spouting bollocks - pure cremation do not just use the crematorium closest to where the deceased lives, they use their facility.

https://www.purecremation.co.uk/charlton-park-crematorium

If you book a direct cremation through your local funeral director then yes, they will send you to your local crematorium.

You can contact Pure if you don't believe me 🤣

Wherever you live in the country, your body will be sent to Andover.

That's not true either! Southampton has a Crematoria as does Porchester

Why are you spouting such bollocks?

You're absolutely right. As a crematorium worker, I know that I check every single coffin that comes in and give it a tag that follows them the entire way through the cremation process. It is so strict. There is literally zero chance that you will ever be given the wrong person.

They are sent ashes in a plastic tub that looks like a food recycling bin

Well that's simply not true!

My DH came in a paper sack inside a smart dark blue box.

No, you are not allowed to visit. They do not go to a local funeral home. They are sent their Central funeral home in Andover

Crematoria are very very strictly supervised and regulated.
There's probably more chance of being given the wrong baby on leaving a Maternity Unit than being given the wrong ashes.

For that matter - how do you know the right body is in the grave?

I work at a crematorium and it's 100 percent body disposal.

Wherever you live in the country, your body will be sent to Andover. It will be stored in a body warehouse until they're ready to cremate. Loved ones cannot attend the cremation or be told when it is, afterwards. They are sent ashes in a plastic tub that looks like a food recycling bin.

If the next of kin contact pure cremation, they will be met with a call centre.

If you don't want a funeral and want to keep costs down, please consult your local funeral directors and arrange a direct cremation with them. Nobody will attend, but things are kept local and you can speak with real people, not a call centre.

I think the term "body disposal" sounds horrible. Like someone is being thrown out with the rubbish or taken to the tip.
We have a lot of law and regulation regarding how the deceased are laid to rest.

Aren't all funerals a body disposal service?
I'd like a direct cremation. I dont wanted money wasted on flowers, pomp and cermeony. Then when my daughter gets my ashes back she can decide what she wants to do. I suggested she could hold a little party/gathering with my ashes present. Everyone can listen to my favourite music and eat my favourite foods, talk about me (the good, the bad, and the ugly 😂) and just have a generally nice time. She likes the idea, but i'd be happy with whatever she decides to do.