7:20am Saturday 26th December 2009
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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