(NewsNation) — Rather than being burned, embalmed or interred, some Americans are pushing to be laid to rest using an alternative burial method called human composting. Also known as “terramation,” ...

Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

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 ...

This story combines family memories with a modern twist on death care, highlighting human composting and unique cremation ...

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 ...

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation. New Jersey resident Jayme Strasburger chose to compost her mother ...

Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 241 into law May 9, making Georgia the 13th state to legalize this practice. Human composting, known as terramation, transforms the body into soil through ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A new law will soon make Georgia one of 13 states to legalize human composting, an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation. Supporters say ...

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 ...