The Law Commission recommends new burial methods are approved through secondary legislation.

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 ...

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

Ashes to ashes, dust to plant feed: an Australian state is edging closer to a greener alternative to traditional burials ...

In some funeral parlors, physical casket showrooms could die out and move to a virtual realm — the space instead used for “water cremation” machines that break down a human body into bone fragments ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

New methods for laying the deceased to rest, including human composting and water cremation, could soon be introduced across England and Wales, according to a recent report. Currently, the Law ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A demonstration human composting "vessel" decorated with compostable mementos on top of a bed of straw at a funeral home in the ...

Human composting was developed in Washington state in 2019. In two months, bodies are turned into rich soil. "Water cremation" was also part of the House bill. The bill still must pass through the ...