The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has decided to adopt briquettes—combustible biomass material used as fuel—and do away with firewood for cremations, an environment-friendly move hailed by environmentalists.

B N Kumar, director of the NGO NatConnect Foundation, told mid-day that senior NMMC officials had confirmed to him that briquettes made from tree and sugarcane waste bagasse will help the civic body do away with expensive wood used for cremation.