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 ...

UNDATED (WKRC/KIMT/CBS Newspath) - Funeral directors are offering water cremation as a new option, although it's not legal in every state. Natural water cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, ...

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 ...

Water cremation is also part of the bill Georgia legalized it earlier in May Six states legalized the practice last year, nearly doubling the number of places it is acceptable PROVIDENCE – A bill that ...

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 ...

A relatively new method of disposition is growing in popularity in Southern New England, despite not yet being legal in either Rhode Island or Massachusetts.

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to introduce water cremation. The process, known as hydrolysis, offers an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or traditional cremation as the ...

Hydrolysis uses alkaline and water to break down body in a few hours and is part of demand for more sustainable funerals ...

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to legalise water cremations, a process known as alkaline hydrolysis that is ...

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 ...