With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels ...

Death can be an uncomfortable conversation, but leaving your loved ones without a plan puts you at risk of ending up in the ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. When the time comes, you’ve got options for how you want to go. In Minnesota, the typical options are: a traditional burial, donating your body to science ...

Already a popular option in the U.S., and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline hydrolysis—a sustainable method of disposing the body after death—is set to be regulated ...

Brooklyn-based company uses its Vermont water cremation facility to give families across 11 Northeastern states access to a greener disposition option ...

In addition to having myriad health benefits, floating in a tub of water is super relaxing. So, why not carry that feeling with you into the great beyond? Water cremation is the newest trend in body ...

In a quiet Baltimore funeral home, a new era in eco-friendly farewells is unfolding as Maryland embraces "water cremation"—a process that dissolves bodies in chemical baths rather than flames. The ...

Immediately after a family member passes away, even in your grief, you must contact a funeral home and decide on the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Most people thinking of end-of-life arrangements have faced a choice: traditional burial or flame cremation? But there is a third option, and it's being used locally in Palm ...

The National Funeral Directors Association has predicted that by 2035, nearly 80% of Americans will opt for cremation. Less than 100 years later—in 1963—English writer Jessica Mitford wrote the ...

Chiba City Funeral Hall, located in Midori Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, is a public funeral facility equipped with ...