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AUSTRALIAN-FIRST laws, which passed last Wednesday, provide a third legal option other than burial and cremation for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Wake Forest University Law School professor Tanya Marsh, it feels a little ironic that a company that turns human remains into ...

August Elliott says he’d never thought much about what he’d like done with his body after his death. Then, about two years ago, Elliott’s father died after a long battle with cancer. As he grieved, ...

Bodies will be placed inside special vessels and transformed into nutrient-rich soil under the proposed law.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from "The Sopranos." Gov. Phil Murphy ...

ALBANY, N.Y.: Howard Fischer, a 63-year old investor living north of New York City, has a wish for when he dies. He wants his remains to be placed in a vessel, broken down by tiny microbes and ...

For Wake Forest University Law School professor Tanya Marsh, it feels a little ironic that a company that turns human remains into compost is working to open a facility in North Carolina. After all, ...