Cemetery in Hamburg: For the protection of the environment – no LED grave lights

The management of the Hamburg cemetery, Ohlsdorf, is calling on visitors to remember the environment-friendly of the dead. The management of the according to own statements the largest Park cemetery of the world recalled that the tomb of lights need to be re-taken. The funeral regulation forbid the use of non-compostable materials as Grave decorations. Already now, around 10,000 lights on the graves were, all of them with a plastic Cup. In the city of about 25 000 grave lights, lit currently, the cemetery gardener, appreciated.

It was not a Problem, if the tomb of lights are only picked up after a few days again, said Lutz Rehkopf, a spokesman for the Hamburg cemeteries, in a press Belugabahis release that was sent out to several of Hamburg's Newspapers.

particularly disturbing is the cemetery gardener, but LED grave lights feel to be offered, as they are often found in discount stores.

This must not be collected by the gardeners only, but also as electronic waste to be disposed of. "Plastic and battery chemicals contaminate our environment, especially the green compost. This can then be used as fertilizer," said the speaker of the cemetery management. An estimated one-quarter of all lights in Ohlsdorf are now battery operated.