Norway's Graveyard Problem

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Ellen Emmerentze Jervell, Grave Problem: Nothing Is Rotting in the State of Norway; In a macabre twist, plastic buries chance to reuse plots. Wall Street Journal, Oct 11, 2013.
http://online.wsj.com/news/artic ... 4579097100412815862

My comment: I have doubt on the story. All cells contains enzymes which will be released to dissolve the cells once they die. They do need bacteria to do the work. Besides, underground bacteria can not survive.

AM Dautartas, The Effect of Various Coverings on the Rate of Human Decomposition. University of Tennessee - Knoxville
trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/69