{"id":28351,"date":"2020-03-13T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28351"},"modified":"2020-03-13T08:08:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:08:14","slug":"cremated-remains-update-from-usps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/03\/13\/cremated-remains-update-from-usps\/","title":{"rendered":"Cremated remains update from USPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CrematedAnimals_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CrematedAnimals_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CrematedAnimals_large-story-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CrematedAnimals_large-story-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CrematedAnimals_large-story-102x85.jpg 102w\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>The first version of the Cremated Remains Animal Kit includes a roll of Priority Mail Express adhesive tape.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Postal Service has introduced a kit to ship cremated remains for pets and other animals.<\/p>\n<p>Two versions of the Cremated Remains Animal Kit \u2014 which must be shipped through Priority Mail Express \u2014 are available:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The first version of the kit includes a roll of Priority Mail Express adhesive tape.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The kit\u2019s second version includes a Priority Mail Express tape roll, a self-sealing plastic bag, bubble cushioning and a copy of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/publications\/pub139.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Publication 139, How to Package and Ship Cremated Remains<\/a><\/em>\u00a0guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines for shipping animal remains are similar to the guidelines for\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/09\/23\/cremated-remains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shipping human remains<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Customers who choose to use their own packaging must adhere to the shipping guidelines, which include affixing the bright orange Label 139 to all sides of the box, including the top and bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Both the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.usps.com\/store\/product\/shipping-supplies\/cremated-remains-animal-kit-1-P_CRE_P1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.usps.com\/store\/product\/shipping-supplies\/cremated-remains-animal-kit-2-P_CRE_P2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second<\/a><\/em>\u00a0versions of the kit are available at usps.com at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>Label 139 is available online and at Post Offices.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Postal Service has released a\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2019\/11\/22\/here-to-help-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a><\/em>\u00a0that explains how to ship cremated remains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first version of the Cremated Remains Animal Kit includes a roll of Priority Mail Express adhesive tape. The Postal Service has introduced a kit to ship cremated remains for pets and other animals. Two versions of the Cremated Remains Animal Kit \u2014 which must be shipped through Priority Mail Express \u2014 are available: \u2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28353,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28351\/revisions\/28353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}