New Atlas: Is water cremation the eco-friendly alternative we should be considering?
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 ...
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 ...
Marketplace: Composting bodies catches on as the eco-friendly alternative to burial and cremation
Composting bodies catches on as the eco-friendly alternative to burial and cremation
Eco-friendly cremation is becoming one of the best choices for families who want a greener farewell. Traditional cremation and burials can harm the environment with high carbon emissions, embalming ...
In both Canada and the United States, there is a growing interest in water cremation as a more eco-friendly option for burials. Also known as alkaline hydrolysis, this alternative method has been ...
Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame. As ...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Thinking about end-of-life options? You still can be eco-friendly in the afterlife, according to an Apopka, Fla., funeral-equipment company. Matthews Cremation is touting the latest ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — More and more people are exploring options for end-of-life arrangements and eco-friendly choices are becoming popular. Thomas Trowbridge wanted a gentler alternative to ...
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Montgomery County, Maryland is considering becoming the first jurisdiction in the D.C. region (But second in the state) to allow a more eco-friendly alternative to traditional ...
FOX 10 Phoenix: Water cremation: What is alkaline hydrolysis and why it's more environmentally friendly
Water cremation: What is alkaline hydrolysis and why it's more environmentally friendly
NPR: Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer the eco-friendlier 'water cremation'
Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer the eco-friendlier 'water cremation'
The saying that humans are born from and return to dust may soon become outdated. Recently, the Scottish autonomous government officially permitted "water cremation," a method of dissolving bodies ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Worried you haven't been green enough in life? Don't let death come in the way of a more eco-friendly you. From coffins made of recycled cardboard to saying no ...
Perhaps one of life’s hardest tasks is deciding what to do with a loved one’s—or even your own—bodily remains. Do you go the cremation route? What about human composting or a green burial? What’s the ...
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 ...
An Ohio funeral director has been effectively banned from offering a procedure called alkaline hydrolysis, or liquid cremation, even though it’s believed to be better for the environment than ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus: Go green to the grave with bio-cremation