Choosing a green burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Sioux Falls is a deeply personal and environmentally conscious decision. It's about minimizing your impact even after you're gone. Unlike traditional burials, which often involve embalming, vaults, and non-biodegradable caskets, green burial allows for a natural return to the earth.
At Mount Pleasant, we offer options to suit your individual needs and beliefs, from hybrid burials that blend traditional and green practices, to full natural burials. A truly "green" burial involves no embalming, vaults, or liners, and utilizes only biodegradable containers like caskets, shrouds, or even no container at all. This allows the body to return to the earth enriching the soil and fostering new life.
Our team at Mount Pleasant Cemetery is here to guide you through the process and help you create a green burial that honors your wishes and lets you choose foot want to leave behind.
Contact us to learn more about how you can choose a final resting place in harmony with nature.