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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UNDATED (WKRC/KIMT/CBS Newspath) - Funeral directors are offering water cremation as a new option, although it's not legal in every state. Natural water cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, ...

Cremating remains through a process involving water for a more sustainable option is now approved in Montgomery County, Maryland.

According to the organization, Pennsylvania could be the 26th state to legalize the procedure. Democratic state Rep. Chris ...

The process consumes significantly less energy than traditional flame cremation. The bill to make it an approved cremation ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new bill filed in the Texas Legislature calls for funeral homes to be allowed to cremate human remains through the process of alkaline hydrolysis. According to the Cremation ...

More people are turning to cremation (59.7%) rather than burials (35.7%), according to the National Funeral Directors Association’s 2022 report. The average cost of a burial is $7,848 compared to ...

TEXAS, USA — The pandemic is causing many to consider end-of-life plans. More than half of all Americans choose cremation over caskets and traditional burials. Costs and concern for the environment ...