But what if human remains could be as nonthreatening as a nice bag of garden soil or a peaceful woodland hike? It might not ...

Body composting is an alternative to traditional burial or cremation that has spurred the interest of many Texans.

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 ...

*(CNN) — The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into ...

Five years after Washington became the first state to legalize natural organic reduction, 13 more states have approved the death care process.

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s one of the last choices any of us will have to make: what to do with our bodies when we die. For ages, the options have been cremation or burial. Now, Georgia has become ...

Human composting is now legal in New Jersey. The bill was signed into law last week. It allows for natural organic reduction, also known as human composting. NEW JERSEY - Families who want to forgo a ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has become the 14th state to allow the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the legislation last week ...