Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bill still must pass through the Senate, where it failed last year, to get signed. H5110, introduced by Rep. Michelle McGaw, D ...

Utah may soon be the 13th state to legalize “natural organic reduction,” or human composting, as an alternative, lower-cost and eco-friendly way to bury the dead. Sen. Jen Plumb, D-Salt Lake City, is ...

When Lisa Fabbro lost her father a few years ago, the family chose to have him cremated. Back then, Fabbro didn't know there's a way to transform dead bodies into soil. She now imagines an alternative ...

Opinion: Armstrong Williams questions whether the utilitarian argument for “human composting” sidesteps a deeper moral and ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A new law will soon make Georgia one of 13 states to legalize human composting, an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation.

Timothy Baker loved nature, but would not have been able to even comprehend the concept of being turned into a tree after his ...

Advocates say human composting offers a sustainable, greener alternative to burials and crematoriums, and can also provide a ...

From the outside, the grocery-store-size facility that sits off a highway a short drive from Baltimore looks like a Costco store. Inside is the equipment for one of the funeral industry’s ...

When Stephanie Burris drives by graveyards near her home in Boulder County, Colorado, she sees thousands of tiny landfills: Concrete boxes filled with non-biodegradable caskets, which are lined with ...

August Elliott says he’d never thought much about what he’d like done with his body after his death. Then, about two years ago, Elliott’s father died after a long battle with cancer. As he grieved, ...

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