Whatever the price, both corporates and independents will be troubled by the growing popularity of cremations.
However, he said the Wirral charge "reflects the additional time and energy it takes to process larger cremations".
The figures showed that in the last 15 years, 2, 385 infant cremations were carried out at Linn and Daldowie.
Once the cremations have been removed from the urns, the bones will be cleaned and dried under laboratory conditions.
The government said it had no plans to change the law on cremations.
Of the 235 infant cremations - aged between birth and 24 months - remains were not recovered in 64 cases.
It said Kettering Crematorium, which is about 14 miles from the proposed site, could handle a "significantly increased demand for cremations".
To be licensed, Craigmiles would have to learn things like arranging cremations.
Outdoor cremations were banned in 1930, mainly because of fears that dental fillings containing mercury would release dangerous emissions into the atmosphere.
Not helping: the trend toward cremations (30% of funerals in 2004, up from 20% a decade earlier), costing far less than a burial.
People considering cremations are encouraged to look for facilities that use more efficient burners and to consider coffins that are plastic and chipboard-free.
In 2005 about 32% of funerals in America were cremations, up from 26% in 2000, according to the Cremation Association of North America.
But then Scavone saw signs of an earnings crunch as Stewart had to absorb high-priced acquisitions and faced margin pressure from less expensive cremations.
Already 41% of its business comes from cremations (above the national average because its business is concentrated along the coast, where cremations are especially popular).
If you have the opportunity to participate in some of the spiritual rituals, such as the elaborate cremations and traditional purification ceremonies, you absolutely should.
In Mexico and in Russia, cremations are popular because ashes are easy to move to safety in times of political upheaval and graves are often robbed.
With 60% of the 2, 400 cremations carried out each year being of people from outside the Belfast area, cremation seems to be gaining popularity across Northern Ireland.
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He said he could not understand why UK Hindus would want to dispose of bodies in an "antiquated" manner although he would not object to outdoor cremations taking place if legally permitted.
Public anger first surfaced in Edinburgh where Mortonhall - a council run crematorium - routinely told grieving parents there would be nothing to scatter after cremations, but ashes were then buried in a garden of remembrance.
Despite the heated debates, the state assembly decided to press ahead with the idea last year and passed a bill allowing voluntary cremations for the first time and making it legal for unclaimed bodies in mortuaries to be cremated.
After all, many medical schools these days are the recipients of a surfeit of cadavers for their students because the schools are allowed to pay for the funerals and cremations or burials of people who donate their bodies for medical purposes.
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