It takes time to create regulations for a new industry and for funeral directors to incorporate a new service into their ...

The house plants in Dianne Thompson-Stanciel’s Tinton Falls home are thriving with the help of a new compost. The leaves on her monstera deliciosa are a bright evergreen, their vines climbing taller ...

When someone dies, there are a few options for how to lay someone to rest like a straight burial, cremation, and now something a bit more unique. Known as "organic human reduction" under Georgia law, ...

*(CNN) — The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into ...

Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 241 into law May 9, making Georgia the 13th state to legalize this practice. Human composting, known as terramation, transforms the body into soil through ...

Five years after Washington became the first state to legalize natural organic reduction, 13 more states have approved the ...

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation. New Jersey resident Jayme Strasburger chose to compost her mother ...

ATLANTA — A new law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last week will make Georgia the next state in the nation to allow human composting — an eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation.

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into hundreds of ...