The Mexico City Environment Secretariat has extended regulations for the permissible pollutants generated by cremation.
In a notice published in the Official Gazette, the secretariat said that the regulation seeks to set maximum permissible levels of the emission of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides generated by the cremation ovens.
The regulations will prevent, control and mitigate atmospheric pollution to improve the air quality.
The practice of cremation has become an option for families as lack of burial space in private cemeteries has become problematic.
Between 2011 and 2014 there were more than 43,000 cremations in civil cemeteries.
The new regulation sets a maximum limit of 40 milligrams per cubic meter for total suspended particles, 200 for carbon monoxide and 115 for nitrogen oxides.
To avoid increasing pollution, the crematorium must, prior to the cremation process, remove shoes, jewelry, souvenirs and plastic items from bodies.
