Burial not only in the cemetery? The ministry is planning a major change in regulations

The regulations on the burial of the dead are currently regulated by the Act of 1959. According to the regulations, "the body may be buried by placing it in earthen graves, in brick graves or catacombs and by immersing it in the sea." As established by an RMF FM journalist, the amendment prepared by the Ministry of Development and Technology is to be broad.

The new regulations are intended to enable the scattering of ashes in the so-called memorial gardens within the cemetery. The Ministry of Development also wants to allow the urn to be stored at home and the ashes to be scattered in a place important to the deceased. However, the provisions in this area are to be limited - they will exclude, among others: area of ​​national parks.

The project also includes the possibility of embedding some of the ashes into memorial items, for example jewelry. The idea is to create an object of memory that is important for family members - an RMF FM journalist heard.

The project is also intended to regulate the issue of ecological burial - biurn and the so-called memory trees.

As we hear unofficially in the ministry, the change is not "revolutionary" because similar regulations exist in many European countries and in the United States.

The issue of the draft amendment prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Technology is to be discussed during Tuesday's meeting of the government programming team and officially included in the list of legislative works of the Council of Ministers. The timetable for adopting new regulations will then be determined.