With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels ...

In addition to having myriad health benefits, floating in a tub of water is super relaxing. So, why not carry that feeling with you into the great beyond? Water cremation is the newest trend in body ...

Already a popular option in the U.S., and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline hydrolysis—a sustainable method of disposing the body after death—is set to be regulated ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. When the time comes, you’ve got options for how you want to go. In Minnesota, the typical options are: a traditional burial, donating your body to science ...

In a quiet Baltimore funeral home, a new era in eco-friendly farewells is unfolding as Maryland embraces "water cremation"—a process that dissolves bodies in chemical baths rather than flames. The ...

Brooklyn-based company uses its Vermont water cremation facility to give families across 11 Northeastern states access to a greener disposition option ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some people choose burial; others choose cremation by fire. Now, a proposed bill could open a new frontier for Texans: liquid cremation. The scientific term is alkaline hydrolysis, ...

The National Funeral Directors Association has predicted that by 2035, nearly 80% of Americans will opt for cremation. Less than 100 years later—in 1963—English writer Jessica Mitford wrote the ...

A new style of funeral is coming to the UK, in the first major change for 124 years. Hydrolysis provides an eco-friendly option to conventional cremations or burials. Formally called water cremation, ...

Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leaf & Water is expanding access to water cremation across an 11-state service area in the Northeast, giving families throughout the region a way to ...