For someone weighing less than 175 lbs, cremation can start at $629.00. For those on a budget, cremation is recommended and the least expensive urn is $50.00. For families struggling to pay funeral expenses, payment plans are offered, but Wyman does not advertise them. Usually, funerals tend to cost more due to the number of guests and additional paperwork to be completed at the grave site. The reason Beuler tells his clients to avoid expensive caskets is that approximately 99 percent of the casket's lifespan will only be used to house the body underground. Green burials are offered but are not common and it is often up to cemeteries to decide whether to allow them. Buelor has seen green burials being preformed in the past, but not as much as traditional funerals and cremation. Sometimes cemeteries don't allow green. bariels because the body collapses after being decomposed and the cave then has to be backfilled, which costs the cemetery money to track its progress.