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Are these funerals gross or 'green'? The Marketplace consumer cheat sheet

Miss something this week? Don't panic. CBC's Marketplace has rounded up the consumer and health news you need.

Plus: The deal with cheap airline tickets, and a crackdown on illegal movie downloads

Aquagreen Dispositions dissolves bodies and washes the remains down the drain. (Stu Mills/CBC)

Miss something this week? Don't panic. CBC'sMarketplacehas rounded up the consumer and health news you need.

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Not quite burial at sea...

Green your funeral. (Sion Touhig/Getty Images)
An Ontario funeral business has a new plan for the dearly departed: the company dissolves bodiesand washes them into the town's sewer system.

It sounds a bit, well, gross, butit's part of a movement of "green" funeralsfor people who don't want to die and take the rest of the planet with them.

Ahoy there, pirates

Pirates, and a shakedown. (Peter Mountain/Disney Enterprises/Associated Press)
If you got a letter telling you to coughup cash (or else) for TV shows and movies you downloaded but didn't pay for,don't panic. Some experts are calling the scare tactics a "shakedown" and fighting back.

It's a story with more tension thansome movies you might have pirated(cough).

Skip the ATM

We're not the only ones craving ice cream, right? (MintChip)
MintChip isthe newest digital alternativeto old-school relics as bills and coins.

The Royal Canadian Mint started the digital platform to give peoplea free way to send cash to one another. But some businesses take it, toomaybe evensome that can satisfythese cravings we're having all of a sudden?

Easy to order, a pain to receive

We've forgotten why we ordered this. (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press)
It was so easy to buy that thing that you just ordered online in your underwear. So why is it such a pain to get it delivered from the U.S.?

Between delays and a pile-on of provincial and federal taxes and duty, it turns outthe government can really ruin a good online bargain.

There's a new discount airline in town

Cheap flights may help passengers forgive that airline delay. (NewLeaf Airlines)
NewLeaf is promising cheap flights across Canada. The initial flights were scheduled for January and got delayed,but the company now says it's packed and ready to start flying between 12 Canadian citiesin July.

However, there are a few thinksyou might want to know about the companybefore you pack your bags.

Recycling those cups is still a problem

Coffee cups are made of paper and plastic, and most places don't recycle them. (CBC)
We actually went dumpster divingto reporton how Tim Hortons and Starbucks take the cups you put into recyclingand send them to landfill.

Now, the city of Toronto is asking residentsnot to put thosecups in their own blue bins, because the municipal governmentdoesn't recycle them, either.

On TV:Is your doctor too tired?

Just thinking about the 30-hour-long shifts many resident doctors work makes us tired. (CBC Marketplace)
Do tired and overworked doctors on marathon shifts make more mistakes? Some resident doctors can work 30-plushour straight without sleep.

Is it dangerous?

We made David Common stay up all night so we could test his cognitive skills in the face of serious sleep deprivation. Watch iton TV this weekend or online right now.