Alkaline hydrolysis liquefies the body using water and lye. It's considered a "greener" approach to burial than cremation. While it hasn't caught on widely yet, some consider it the burial method of ...

Since the beginning of human history, cremation — the burning of a human body after death — has been a standard method for treating the deceased across nearly all cultures. Cremation is ...

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

that funerary practices are “a significant environmental issue,” with traditional American burial practices (embalming, placement in a usually metal coffin then vaulted and buried) consuming too much ...

Two new alternatives to burial and cremation fail to comply with the Catholic Church's teaching on respect for the bodies of the dead, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Doctrine ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One universal experience every person on this planet will experience is death. So what do you want to happen to your body after you die? If your response is cremation, you are not ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO — It's not something Beau Kiser likes to think about, but he is prepared for when the time comes. Even his family knows what his wishes are for his body after death. "I feel like it's ...

If only figuring out what to do with your body after you die was as simple as TV made it seem. "I'm not going to be buried in a grave," said character Frank Reynolds from "It's Always Sunny in ...

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 ...

Years ago, the late Canadian author, Robertson Davies, wrote these words in an essay,”Haunted by Halloween”: Our forebears are deserving of tribute for one indisputable reason, if for no other; ...