If approved, it would give people a new alternative to burial or cremation for the first time in more than a century.

The majority of people in the U.S. are now cremated after death. To most, that means disposing of a body with fire. But proponents are trying to bring a new form of "cremation" to Indiana — one that ...

The funeral industry could benefit from more environmentally friendly options. But some firms in the United Kingdom have balked at one cremation alternative. Sandwell Council was working with UK-based ...

Green burials have caught on as people look for eco-friendly ways to handle their remains. Water cremation is another way and ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE – A bill to allow the composting of human remains and a method of dealing with bodies known as water cremation passed the House for the second year in a row on May 29, but this time with a ...

It’s almost like a washing machine, if you ask Joseph H. Brown. The casket-shaped metal tank sitting in Brown’s crematory in West Baltimore uses hot water, chemicals and a bit of agitation to dissolve ...

Water cremation makes green burials affordable and accessible. MIAMI, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Van Orsdel Funeral & Cremation Services, a family-owned business since 1924, is partnering ...

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

Joseph H Brown III, owner Joseph H Brown Jr. Funeral Home, offers alkaline hydrolysis or water cremation at their OnSite Cremation LLC facility. He says this is a greener, though more costly, option ...

The country’s first water crematorium which opened in Christchurch in early June, is proving a popular option for Kiwis. There have now been 55 water cremations at New Zealand’s first Water ...

If plans go ahead, Rowley Regis crematorium would be the first to offer water cremation in the UK Plans for the UK's first "water cremation" service are on hold amid concerns about "liquefied remains ...