According to a recent newspaper survey of young people's attitudes towards funerals and burials, over 30 % hoped for more individualized funeral services and more environmentally friendly and high-tech practices such as burial at sea or under a tree. Businesses have also begun promoting such innovations as using coffins made from recycled materials, portable incinerators to provide "house calls," and web-based funeral services and prayers for the deceased.
根據日前一份報紙的問卷調查，年一輕一代選擇個人化的告別式，海葬、樹葬等環保科學化殯葬方式的意願高逾三成，像是利用回收紙製造的環保棺木，到府服務的移動式焚化爐，還有網路追思祭拜方式，都已經有業者在進行推廣中。