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 ...

New York is the latest state to give residents the option of composting their deceased loved ones instead of a standard burial or cremation. The practice, sometimes called “natural organic reduction,” ...

Most people plan to either be buried or cremated when they die, but there is another, environmentally friendly option: Human composting. "So instead of being cremated and turned into ash, you're ...

DOVER, Del. (CBS/AP) - Supporters of human composting say it's a more environmentally friendly and cheaper alternative to being buried in a coffin or cremation - it uses less energy and avoids ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Human composting, an alternative to burial or cremation, is now legal in Nevada. A new law took full effect on January 1 allowing your body to be turned into soil when you die ...

A container of compost produced from human remains is shown at Recompose, a company that composts human remains into soil, in 2021 in Kent, Washington, south of Seattle. Rhode Island recently proposed ...

Traditional means of cremation, and the only legal method in Texas, is with the use of a furnace, which burns the human remains into ashes and mineral fragments, which most times are transferred to an ...

LAFAYETTE, Colorado — For the first time in Colorado, a family has chosen to compost their loved one's remains after their death. It’s legal under a new law that went into effect this month, making ...

TEXAS, USA — The pandemic is causing many to consider end-of-life plans. More than half of all Americans choose cremation over caskets and traditional burials. Costs and concern for the environment ...