A North Queensland undertaker has developed a world-first prototype that will change the funeral industry, and save the environment in the process. Now Jeff Boyle of Whitsunday Funerals is set to put ...

SAN ANTONIO (WOAI) — The decision on what can be done with a person's remains will eventually have to be answered, and some folks in Texas are hoping for a new option. Advocates and some lawmakers are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Already a popular option in the US, and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline hydrolysis – a ...

This story was originally published by New Republic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Samantha Sieber’s grandfather had a traditional American burial. His body was ...

For decades, most people arranging a funeral have faced a simple choice - burial or cremation? But in parts of the US and Canada a third option is now available - dissolving bodies in an alkaline ...

A new form of funeral could soon see the mortal remains of departed Scots reduced to an eco-friendly liquid in a so-called ‘water cremation’. Holyrood is working on rules to include alkaline ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—An Ohio funeral home that is the first in the nation to use a cremation alternative that dissolves bodies with lye and heat has effectively been blocked from using the procedure by ...

Alkaline hydrolysis liquefies the body using water and lye. It's considered a "greener" approach to burial than cremation. While it hasn't caught on widely yet, some consider it the burial method of ...

Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down ...

Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down ...