Q: I was advised to pre-pay my funeral expenses. How do I decide between a traditional burial or cremation? A: This is a great question about a seldom-discussed topic. It’s actually wise to plan and ...

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 ...

Alkaline hydrolysis is a form of flameless cremation where a human body can be liquified and turned into wastewater after death. An online video on alkaline hydrolysis is spurring claims that human ...

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 ...