@@ -59,18 +59,18 @@ Nowadays, many people are buried in **their own clothes** and the funeral servic
### **PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES WITH DRESSING THE DECEASED**
**1**. Clothing is designed to be worn by a person while standing up, and doesn't always look good on a person laying down.
**2**. The size of the clothing may not fit due to the swelling of the body.
**3**. It can be hard to put on the clothing due to the stiffness of the body.
1. Clothing is designed to be worn by a person while standing up, and doesn't always look good on a person laying down.
### **PROBLEMS WITH SYNTHETIC FIBERS**
2. The size of the clothing may not fit due to the swelling of the body.
Clothes take different time to decompose depending on the material they are made from. Natural materials take relatively less time to decompose compared to altered materials or synthetic fibers, with cotton taking around 6 months, wool taking 1 year, and silk taking around 4 years. **Synthetic fibers take a lot longer since they are predominantly made from plastics. Nylon fabric takes 30 to 4o years, whereas lycra and polyester will take predictably more than 500 years to decompose.**
3. It can be hard to put on the clothing due to the stiffness of the body.
### **PROBLEMS WITH SYNTHETIC FIBERS**
Natural materials predictably take less time to decompose. With cotton shirts taking 6 months, wool taking 1 year, and silk taking 4 years to decompose. Natural but significantly altered materials, like leather and rubber can take a lot longer, leather shoes for instance take 25-40 years to decompose, while rubber shoe soles 50 to 80 years. Synthetic fibers take a lot longer since they are predominantly made from plastics. Nylon fabric takes 30 to 40 years, whereas lycra and polyester will take 500+ years to decompose.
