Cremators to tackle pollution (From Daily Echo)

Cremators to tackle pollution

7:20am Saturday 26th December 2009

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TORY council chiefs in Southampton have agreed to buy four new cremators and mercury abatement facilities to reduce the amount of pollution the city’s crematorium emits.

They will use £85 out of a £150 hike in cremation fees brought in earlier this year to pay for them.

Funeral directors and opposition councillors criticised the rise in the estimated cost between £3m and £6m.

The council will be asked to sign off the scheme on January 20.

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