Cremation. The cheaper, smaller, portable option.
It is a service someone performs.
It exists to relieve The body must be dealt with within days. That is the whole reason it is here: nothing enters this map without a human problem behind it.
It could not exist without Cremation technology, Funeral and disposition regulation and Oil. These are the quiet preconditions — remove any one and the solution stops working.
4 organisations in this map sell it, 2 of them publicly listed.
Its neighbourhood
Everything this entry connects to directly. Click any point to follow it.
The line back to a human being
2 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- SolutionCremation
- FrictionThe body must be dealt with within days
- Life phaseDeath
- Rooted inMortality
- Rooted inSafety
Relieves
Requires
Who sells it
| Organisation | Value | Type | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Corporation International | $12B | public · SCI | Dignity Memorial funeral homes, cemeteries, Neptune Society cremation |
| Matthews International | $0.8B | public · MATW | bronze memorials, caskets, cremation equipment |
| Tulip Cremation (Foundation Partners Group) | private | online direct cremation | |
| Dignity (UK) | private | funeral homes, crematoria, pre-paid plans |