Approximately 170,000 people die every day around the world—that’s around 62 million deaths in 2024 alone. The cumulative effect of this has led to what has been termed a “burial crisis,” with most urban areas where burial remains the norm expected to run out of interment space by the 2050s, some much earlier—as in, now.
Urban cemeteries are at capacity. Here’s how they can be more sustainable
