CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Officials with a British town's mortuary said they want to use liquid nitrogen to freeze corpses and then break them into tiny pieces.

The Cambridge City Crematorium in England said the process, called promession or cryomation, is more eco-friendly than traditional cremation and the resulting dust can be used as compost or placed in an urn, the Daily Mirror reported Tuesday.


The officials said they are also looking into a process called resomation, which involves bodies being dissolved in an alkaline solution, which can then be disposed of in sewers or other locations.

Tracy Lawrence, the City Council's bereavement-services manager, said officials want the facility to offer a "modern, forward-looking service." Lawrence said the city is running out of space to bury the deceased.