WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Most people thinking of end-of-life arrangements have faced a choice: traditional burial or flame cremation? But there is a third option, and it's being used locally in Palm ...

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 ...

Green burials, which return the body to the earth without a casket or embalming, can be cheaper than a conventional burial. Many in Connecticut opt for these, but often, the choice is made for ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — More and more people are exploring options for end-of-life arrangements and eco-friendly choices are becoming popular. Thomas Trowbridge wanted a gentler alternative to ...

Dec. 7—ROCHESTER — Dean Fisher has dedicated his retirement time toward legalizing and providing water cremation, or alkaline hydrolysis, around the world. Fisher has been surrounded by death for ...

Water cremation is a relatively new way of processing human remains that has a smaller carbon footprint than flame cremation and is less expensive than burial. Water cremation does use more water than ...

Speaking of Death is a multi-part series exploring the conversations, community and customs around death in the region. Part one explores green alternatives to the traditional burial and cremation. In ...

The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.

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 ...

CHOOSING A CASKET AND TRADITIONAL GRAVESIDE BURIAL FOR THEIR FUNERALS. NO MORE CREMATION WHERE BODIES ARE BURNED DOWN TO ASHES, IS RISING IN POPULARITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND NOW THERE’S AN EFFORT ...