Environmental Benefits of Pet Aquamation

For environmental benefits, aquamation uses gentle water to return your best friend to nature. We use zero flames and zero toxic chemicals. Instead, our process offers a quiet, eco-friendly embrace.

Compared to traditional fire cremation, aquamation reduces your carbon footprint by 90%. In addition, it burns zero fossil fuels and essentially eliminates greenhouse gas emissions.

At Tranquil Tides, we believe honoring your pet matters at every stage of life. Therefore, choosing water cremation is a conscious decision to help protect the environment. Because aquamation avoids the high heat of flame cremation, we return 20% more of your beloved pet’s ashes to your family.

Gentle Eco-Friendly Care for Every Companion

Our gentle water cremation process safely accommodates pets of all shapes and sizes:

  • Dogs & Cats: We care for all breeds and sizes.

  • Small & Exotic Pets: We welcome rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, birds (parrots, parakeets, cockatiels), bearded dragons, lizards, ferrets, geckos, turtles, frogs, salmanders, chinchillas, anoles, snakes, fish, and monkeys.

  • Hobby Farm & Outdoor Pets: In addition, we care for pot-bellied pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, raccoons, sheep, and goats.

Protecting the Planet They Loved to Play In

We are born out of water and often baptized in water. In fact, our bodies are naturally made of 65% water. Consequently, aquamation allows your companion to return to the earth as part of the natural cycle of life. Their organic elements are reabsorbed just as Mother Nature intended. Our pet aquamation is an environmentally sustainable choice – more so than fire cremation.  Because it emits nothing into the atmosphere.

We have experienced pet loss ourselves, so we know what you are going through. Therefore, our family is here to support you through every step. Please call us anytime to ask questions or walk through our peaceful process together.

The video below explains more about the environmental impact difference between fire cremation and aquamation.

Comparing Aquamation and Flame-based Cremation

In 1996, when the national cremation rate was 21.8%, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) turned its attention to regulating crematories. CANA and the US EPA formed a working group to examine scientific studies on emissions and make informed recommendations to federal environmental regulators.

By combining data and research from the Pet Loss Professionals Alliance (PLPA) and the Humane Society of the United States, the EPA estimates that 4,540,965 pets are cremated each year. This leads to nearly incalculable amounts of Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, and Mercury being released into the atmosphere. Globally, it is estimated that over 6.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere from fire cremation services.

In contrast, the environmental benefits of pet aquamation are significant. In place of a number of potentially climate-changing chemicals being released into the atmosphere, the process of alkaline hydrolysis releases only wastewater, mineral remains, and a marginally weak composition of amino acids, salts, and sugars. The wastewater can be disposed of through the local municipality’s drainage system or repurposed directly for fertilizing land.

In addition, the aquamation process uses approximately 90% less energy and, thus, electricity.