"Our process gently transforms human remains into rich, fertile soil to return to the earth. We are a first-of-its-kind, open-to-the-public terramation facility," the video continues. It turns out ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A local supervisor is calling for change after discovering that “Human Compost” is being deposited along the San Joaquin River. According to Earth Funeral, human ...

Ohio has a handful of cemeteries that offer green burials, including Kokosing Nature Preserve in Knox County, Foxfield ...

The ultimate in compost-mortem may soon be coming to a funeral home near you. New York state Assembly member Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) and state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), have co-sponsored a bill ...

The push for environmental consciousness has sparked the rise of not only green energy initiatives, but now also the move to "green burials" or "human composting" practices over more traditional ...

On today's episode of Science Is Amazing, there's apparently a funeral home in Washington state that's turning human bodies into fertile soil. "So far, we have served 16 families and counting," she ...

One mom carried out her son’s final wish to make the planet greener — by turning his remains into reusable compost for his family to use in a garden. The TikTok, which was posted by the company Return ...

Imagine a funeral where your loved one is placed on a bed of wood chips and straw inside a steel cylinder vessel. Following a ceremony, the remains are locked in the steel vessel, heated over a period ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After opening last year, the world’s largest human composting facility was honored as Washington’s Funeral Home of the Year. Return Home, based in Auburn, Wash., is the first ...

Some other states already allow remains to be converted into compost, and a Republican lawmakers wants Ohio to be next.

Almost as soon as natural organic reduction, or body composting, became legal in Colorado on September 7, 2021, The Natural Funeral – started by Seth Viddal and his partners in 2019 – began composting ...