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By Tom Bawden for The Independent
Recycling has grown into such a massive industry that almost everything can be reused these days.
Now, a bizarre development is taking things to a new level: the reuse of old graves.
The practice, which is still very new, involves placing a new body in an existing grave, and is being touted as the answer to the country’s looming burial space crisis.
It is being pioneered by the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, which holds the remains of former England football captain Bobby Moore and the recently deceased union leader Bob Crow.
And Gary Burks, the cemetery’s superintendent, says that once people have got over their initial scepticism, it is proving a surprisingly popular choice.
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