MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

Rosehill Cemetery in Linden, New Jersey, is awash in small-town trappings: tree-lined roads, rolling lawns, and street signs at every corner. On this Wednesday midsummer morning, the familiar routine ...

Humans have been cremating their lost loved ones since the Stone Age, but we've come a long way from the fire pits they used. Modern cremation is a surprisingly technologically advanced business, ...

As society evolves, so do the choices we make—especially when it comes to end-of-life care. In Rhode Island, a new option is gaining attention: water cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis. This ...

- Body is placed in a combustible, leak-proof, covered container if a casket is not being used. - The furnace cremates only one body at a time. - Chamber reaches temperatures between 1,400 and 1,800 ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday allowing funeral homes in the state to use a process called “alkaline hydrolysis” to liquefy human remains — a more earth friendly form of cremation ...

Reporting from Sacramento — — California funeral directors are eager to start offering clients a new natural and greener way to dispose of their loved ones’ remains, but they need a change in ...

More people are turning to cremation (59.7%) rather than burials (35.7%), according to the National Funeral Directors Association’s 2022 report. The average cost of a burial is $7,848 compared to ...

Traditional means of cremation, and the only legal method in Texas, is with the use of a furnace, which burns the human remains into ashes and mineral fragments, which most times are transferred to an ...