SALT LAKE CITY — Utah may soon be the 13th state to legalize "natural organic reduction," or human composting, as an alternative, lower-cost and eco-friendly way to bury the dead. Sen. Jen Plumb, ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s one of the last choices any of us will have to make: what to do with our bodies when we die. For ages, the options have been cremation or burial. Now, Georgia has become ...

Want to be buried or cremated? For Martha Stewart, there is a third option: composted.

But what's the top concern in the Golden State right now? Expediting the implementation of a 2022 law to allow human composting. The L.A. Times, unsurprisingly, is giving new light to it ahead of 2027 ...

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 ...

Human composting, also known as natural organic reduction or terramation, is not yet legal in Pennsylvania. Neighboring states have been legalizing the process, but since the nascent industry does not ...

The house plants in Dianne Thompson-Stanciel’s Tinton Falls home are thriving with the help of a new compost. The leaves on her monstera deliciosa are a bright evergreen, their vines climbing taller ...

When Dennis Cunningham was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted his death to reflect the values he lived by. As a civil rights lawyer, Cunningham defended the Black Panthers, AIDS protestors, and ...

LAKELAND — Lakeland officials are wondering whether the city's unwanted waste could lead to a new source of revenue, without making a big stink. City commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to ...

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 ...

Paul Meshejian, a 76-year-old retired actor who lives in Chestnut Hill, said he never liked the idea of his body being embalmed and taking up land in an expensive box. The remaining spots in his ...