# Rethinking your final act: the climate case for green burial

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Podcast: [Climate Magic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-magic-7466478)
Published: 2026-03-16T15:22:53+00:00
Episode link: https://www.khsu.org/show/climate-magic/2026-03-12/rethinking-your-final-act-the-climate-case-for-green-burial
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s92/audio/2026/03/10021-climatemagicmcduff.mp3
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Duration seconds: 3540

## Resource

Each year in the US, conventional burials require 104,000 tons of steel, 1.6 million tons of concrete, 1.6 million gallons of formaldehyde, and 20 million board feet of hardwood.

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