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... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > personal consumption and waste > funerals/corpses
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funerals/corpses  

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  • Human corpses are treated as garbage only in exceptional circumstances. Ritualized disposal of human cadavers is standard fare around the globe and has been so since the beginning of humanity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Funerals/Corpses]

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