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 ...

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 ...

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to introduce water cremation. The process, known as hydrolysis, offers an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or traditional cremation as the ...

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 ...

Vicki Grantham of the Cremation Society of Illinois slid open a gray metal door. “This is where everything starts,” she said. Visitors peered into a huge room chilled to 35 degrees and fitted with ...

It’s almost like a washing machine, if you ask Joseph H. Brown. The casket-shaped metal tank sitting in Brown’s crematory in West Baltimore uses hot water, chemicals and a bit of agitation to dissolve ...

- 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 ...

Those who are considering cremation as their final disposition are not alone. Cremations have been steadily increasing in the United States for decades. A recent report by the National Funeral ...

In addition to having myriad health benefits, floating in a tub of water is super relaxing. So, why not carry that feeling with you into the great beyond? Water cremation is the newest trend in body ...

When a loved one dies, the first days are filled with both grief and practical responsibilities. Cremation has become a common choice, often because it is more affordable and flexible than burial, but ...

A new form of cremation that proponents claim is more environmentally friendly may soon be legal in New Hampshire. It goes by many names including Resomation, Aquamation, bio cremation, and non-flame ...