These two don't seem to agree:

> Banning mercury fillings is an easy and cost-effective way to cut pollution... said said Richard Benwell, chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link

> British Dental Association chair, Eddie Crouch, said: “Dental amalgam is tried and tested material and pulling the plug without a transition period would effectively bankrupt NHS dentistry.

Perhaps pulling the teeth with fillings before cremation would be just as environmentally friendly and less likely to bankrupt anyone.