What is Aquamation?

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The memories of our beloved pets have a ripple effect throughout our lives forever. We will always look back and reminisce about all the laughs and love they brought to our lives. These memories include the way we choose to say goodbye.

A professional service that shows respect to our pets and our planet

 

At Ripple, we offer Aquamation services to help return your beloved pet’s to nature after they have passed away.

Aquamation, also known as ‘Water Cremation’ or ‘Alkaline Hydrolysis’, allows you to say goodbye to your pet in a way that respects their memory and the environment.

Aquamation has been around for decades and is fast becoming the preferred choice for pet owners worldwide.

For some of us, knowing the details and intricacies of how something works brings us comfort.

What is the process?

 

The process of Aquamation is much more sustainable than cremation or burial. The method uses water instead of fire and mimics the way bodies are returned to nature in the wild.

Fire cremation utilised temperatures between 800-1000 Celsius, which requires a considerable amount of energy. Also, every fire cremation releases about 200kg of greenhouse gases, compared to Aquamation, where approximately 20kgs are released.

Step1

The body is placed in a chamber with a combination of warm water and alkali; a dissolvable salt obtained from the remains of plants and made up mostly of potassium and sodium carbonate.

Alkali has properties that help things break down in nature.

Step2

The solution works to accelerate the natural occurrence of hydrolysis, rapidly breaking down all the tissue, except the ones. This is the same as would occur in mother nature, through oxidation, just simply at a faster rate.

Step3

Aquamation does not destroy the bone matter, and after the process is complete, (much like with flame cremation), the bones are dried, placed into a cremulator and turned into a powder (ash) which can then be kept in an urn or scattered.

The liquid bio-waste is then recycled as a potent fertiliser.

Need to know more about the Aquamation process?  Here is another good explanation from Alan Hillsberg

 

 

Tabby Luxford

Thank you so much Luca and Ripple Pet Aquamation for your amazing service, we can’t thank you enough for everything you have done for us and the effort you went to in making sure we got the specific urn we wanted for our baby girl. We really can’t thank you enough, you went above and beyond all expectations. I highly recommend Ripple Pet Aquamation. Thank you again Luca

Ella

Thank you to Luca and the Ripple team for their services. We chose Ripple as we read the detailed information about the aquamation process on their website and felt this was a better option for us than traditional cremation due to the natural process it follows and the smaller environmental impact. I felt that the staff I came into contact with when collecting our boy from our home and bringing him back were polite and empathetic. I gave 4 stars as when the staff collected our boy I would have appreciated them taking the time to place him properly in the centre of the carrying sling and covering him prior to walking him outside to the car. They were also slightly late which meant I needed to check in with Luca to find out their ETA both at collection and when dropping off the ashes. This doesn’t bother me too much but I feel notice of this would have been preferable rather than needing to follow it up myself. Perhaps the staff who are attending in person can have the client contact to allow for easier client communication. Further, I think it could be slightly more professional having staff wear a uniform or branded shirt as it was slightly confusing when the young men arrived as to if they were from Ripple due to them wearing casual everyday clothing. This aside, we were very grateful for your services and would recommend Ripple to others.

Catherine Roberts

I had never heard of Aquamation and Ripple was recommended as an option by our vet.
Our beloved Blue Heeler, Bandit,was treated with dignity and care by Luca and his team at Ripple. A very personal approach and such kindness shown at a difficult time.
I would highly recommend Ripple and the services they provide. I was also impressed with the explanation on their website regarding Aquamation and it is a more environmentally alternative.

Louey

Ripple came and took our beloved dog in the evening from our home. Really flexible and hassle free service. They provide a range of items to choose from to remember your pet with. Decently priced as well.

Amelia Venter

Our beautiful boy Leo left us after a short illness, it was an extremely traumatic and devastating time. We called Ripple and they were very accommodating in meeting us to take care of Leo.

Luca and his team were professional but caring and I am more than happy that we went with aquamation instead of cremation.
The wooden urn that we chose is lovely and excellent quality for the price along with all the thoughtful memorabilia we received. Thank you once again Luca and the team at Ripple

Kim T

Our greyhound, Max, left us after a short, traumatic illness and we decided to try the service offered by Ripple to reduce the environmental impact that would be caused by cremation. I am so glad we did. Luca was so caring, so kind, and compassionate. I felt Luca cared about both myself and Max and that, to Luca, Max was more than “just another job”; Luca cared about treating Max with dignity. I really cannot sing the praises of Luca and Ripple Aquamation enough. Thank you Luca for your understanding and compassion we needed it most.

Azza Fellows

Luca and the crew at Ripple Pet Aquamation
They’re the most amazing caring and compassionate people I’ve ever met.

After saying goodbye to our fur baby Daisy.
Luca was there to help and support us through our difficult time.

When he arrived, he said to take as much time as we liked and that he would stay by our side until we were ready.

I can’t thank you all enough for the support you have given me and my wife.
And thank you for looking after our baby girls.
And bringing her home safely to us.

TheLtdguy

With very short notice the beautiful people at Ripple took incredibly good care of our boy, making it a stress-free experience at a very stressful time. Thank you, Luca and Ripple Pet Aquamation.