Editing Pyre (section)

===Environmental impacts in India===

A traditional Hindu funeral pyre takes six hours and burns 500–600 kg (1,102–1,323 pounds) of wood to burn a body completely.<ref name="CNN">
{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/12/world/asia/india-funeral-pyres-emissions|title=India's burning issue with emissions from Hindu funeral pyres|last=Kermeliotis|first=Teo|date=17 September 2011|publisher=CNN|access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref> Every year fifty to sixty million trees are burned during cremations in India, which results in about eight million tonnes of [[carbon dioxide]] or [[greenhouse gas emissions]].<ref name=CNN /> [[Air pollution]], [[deforestation]] and large quantities of [[wood ash|ash]], which are later [[water pollution|thrown into rivers]], adding to the [[toxicity]] of its waters, pose great environmental problems.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/773085fbd7fb48369f90e439b14c8296/india-court-orders-shift-crematorium-protect-taj-mahal | title=India court orders action on crematorium near Taj Mahal | author=Nirmala George | date=17 November 2015 | access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref>

The Green Revolution Foundation, under its parent organization Sarthak Charitable Trust, is a Delhi-based [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] working to reduce the environmental impact of funeral pyres. They claim to have created an alternative to wood-based funeral pyres, which reduces the number of trees which need to be cut down. Their alternative also promotes the [[Swachh Bharat Mission]]. As a result, the cost is reduced significantly and [[Greenhouse gas#Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities|emissions]] are cut by up to 60%.<ref name="Sarthak">{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Anita |title=Sarthak charitable trust... Vasudha woodless cremation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_WH1-V0q2E | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425123737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_WH1-V0q2E&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2020-04-25 | url-status=dead|website=YouTube |access-date=12 November 2018 |language=hi |format=Video |date=20 May 2017}}</ref>