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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust. Death is one of life's inescapable truths. The significance of this has more and more people trying to create some sort of meaning out of it. So it's no big surprise that many people are turning to alternative ways to commemorate their loved ones' remains.

Spíritree Forest Company of San Juan, Puerto Rico has come up with a fascinating concept. The ashes of the deceased are placed in a plant-able urn. It’s a biodegradable urn which will eventually turn into a tree. This isn't exactly reincarnation. It's more like tree-incarnation. You live. You die. You body then become a tree.