Workers at a North Korean military logistics unit now stand nightly guard after thieves nearly stole tons of compost ...

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

In pursuit of a more eco-friendly future, Green-Wood Cemetery is going back to basics. Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known ...

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much ...

In pursuit of a more eco-friendly future, Green-Wood Cemetery is going back to basics. Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known ...

Green-Wood Cemetery is going green on death. This week the Brooklyn burial ground announced a new option for leaving this world: composting corpses into nutrient-rich dirt. The nearly 200-year-old ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

Utah could legalize human composting as an alternative to burial or cremation after death. A bill on Utah’s Capitol Hill aims to legalize the practice of human composting, as an alternative to burial ...

Rep. Jessica LaMontagne became interested in natural funerals after witnessing a loved one’s home burial in Vermont. “I was really quite moved by the experience,” she said Thursday, Jan. 23, ...

Sandra van der Laan has received funding from CPA Australia. Lee Moerman has received funding from CPA Australia. She is a volunteer with Tender Funerals, a community-based, not-for-profit funeral ...

Trenton, NJ – New Jersey has officially legalized human composting, becoming the 14th state in the nation to allow residents to choose natural organic reduction — an environmentally friendly ...

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