PROVIDENCE – A bill to allow the composting of human remains and a method of dealing with bodies known as water cremation passed the House for the second year in a row on May 29, but this time with a ...

It’s called alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water cremation. It is being heralded as an eco-friendly alternative to ...

One of those alternatives is alkaline hydrolysis, also known as "aquamation" or water cremation. On Wednesday, a bill that ...

The idea is when you die, they dig a hole, wrap your body and lay it in the ground to decompose naturally. There are places to do this around the Triangle, including Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

Manchester — Fire and earth have been the options in Connecticut for what funeral directors call "disposition" of loved ones' remains. Now, water is a choice. Connecticut Aquamation, housed in the ...

BENNINGTON — Leaf & Water, a Green Cremation Solutions LLC facility, has opened for business providing “flameless,” or water-based, cremation services at a facility on County Street. “Leaf & Water ...

When we think of ashes, there are many images that might come to mind—the powdery remnants at the bottom of a fireplace in deep winter, the soft bed of a crackling campfire in the mountains, volcanic ...

Green burials are becoming more and more popular. What is the purpose of a green burial? The idea is when you die, they dig a hole, wrap your body and lay it in the ground to decompose naturally.

It is not a service pitched easily in a television commercial or on a highway billboard, but Steve Pomerantz wants to get the word out. Gentle Water Cremation, a Mangonia Park-based company Pomerantz ...