An Elkridge, Maryland, company is offering options beyond burial or cremation — through what it says is the first human composting facility on the East Coast.

A funeral home laid to rest Colorado's first legally composted human remains Sunday, less than a year after the state legalized the process as a greener alternative to cremation and traditional burial ...

Tucked into a nondescript warehouse development in Howard County, along winding roads lined with semi trucks, sits a facility ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware Senate gave ...

ATLANTA — A more environmentally friendly way to die. That's how advocates describe the newly legalized body composting process in Colorado. Less than a year after lawmakers in Colorado legalized the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB-351, which gives the option of human composting. Starting Jan. 1, 2027, the Cemetery and Funeral Act will provide the option ...

It is one of the most important and meaningful decisions a family can make - what to do with our remains when we die. There is a bill being discussed in the legislature right now that would give ...

Organic natural reduction means a body would quickly be turned into dirt It would join cremation and burial as the other ways a body is dealt with in Rhode Island PROVIDENCE − In 2026, will you be ...

DOVER, Del. — The Delaware Senate gave final approval Thursday to a bill allowing the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation. The measure passed on a 14-7 vote and now ...