SEATTLE — Leslie Christian recently added unusual language to her living will: After death, she hoped her remains would be reduced to soil and spread around to help out some flowers, or a tree. In ...

When Americans die, most are buried or cremated. Washington could soon become the first state to allow another option: human composting. As NBC News reported, the push to allow composting of human ...

SEATTLE — Leslie Christian recently added unusual language to her living will: After death, she hoped her remains would be reduced to soil and spread around to help out some flowers, or a tree. In ...

Human composting has become popular among people who want an eco-friendly end. Should Ohio legalize it?

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 ...

California has joined Washington, Colorado, Vermont and Oregon in legalizing the composting of human remains. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law this week that directs state agencies to ...

An Ohio bill currently under review would allow the "natural organic reduction of remains," which, in simple terms, would legally let humans to be turned into compost after their death, offering ...