Switzerland recycles graves! (Paul Bilton’s Xenophobe’s Guide to the Swiss)

Sunday, 8 July 2007

Paul Bilton claims that the Swiss recylce even their graves…

The ultimate example of recycling is that of graves. Switzerland is small and land is limited and expensive, so after 25 years under the ground, the average Swiss corpse can expect to be dug in for compost and the valuable grave re-used by someone who is in more urgent need.

(from the book "The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Swiss" by Paul Bilton)

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