"Ashes to ashes. Mulch to mulch." That could serve as the motto for the latest trend in funeral services: human composting.

Death is inevitable. But Seattle-based company Recompose is giving people a new way to exit this mortal coil: Having their remains laid in a tube of mulch and soil and letting bacteria turn them into ...

"Our process gently transforms human remains into rich, fertile soil to return to the earth. We are a first-of-its-kind, open-to-the-public terramation facility," the video continues. It turns out ...

Soon to be available in the US from next year is human composting - a supposedly more environmentally friendly method of human burial than cremation. Would you want a compost funeral? (Photo: ...

DEATH can be an unsettling thing – especially when you think about what could potentially happen to the body. Although some people ask to be buried and others cremated, you can also choose to be ...

The ultimate in compost-mortem may soon be coming to a funeral home near you. New York state Assembly member Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) and state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), have co-sponsored a bill ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. One mom carried out her son’s final wish to make the planet greener — by turning his remains into reusable compost for his family to use in a garden.

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, ...