With an ever-growing list of ways to deal with human remains, it can be hard to know which method is best for the Earth. Most of us try to be responsible global citizens while we’re alive. We sort ...

Green burials, which return the body to the earth without a casket or embalming, can be cheaper than a conventional burial.

The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...

AURORA, Ind. — Beth McGinley has no use for burial plots. She wants her friends to sprinkle her ashes somewhere memorable when she dies. "My main motivating factor is the cost of funerals," said ...

During a rafting trip in the West, Angela Bean took a palm full of her son’s ashes and spread them across rushing water. Her 27-year-old son, who died in a fatal fall from a pickup truck in 2015, had ...

(The Conversation) — As late as 1970, only about 5% of Americans chose to be cremated. In 2020, more than 56% Americans opted for it. (The Conversation) — The National Funeral Directors Association ...

Human composting — or natural organic reduction — is an eco-friendly alternative burial option to the traditional casket burial or cremation methods. When composted, a body is placed in a steel vessel ...

"This is a question of consumer choice, and Californians should have access to a death care option that is natural, carbon-neutral, and a sustainable alternative to cremation or burial," said Haley ...