During human composting, the body is placed in a specialized polycarbonate vessel that's eight feet long, three and a half feet wide, and three and a half feet tall. As Halloween draws near, images of ...

Rep. Jessica LaMontagne became interested in natural funerals after witnessing a loved one’s home burial in Vermont. “I was ...

Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

Human composting is now legal in New Jersey. The bill was signed into law last week. It allows for natural organic reduction, also known as human composting. NEW JERSEY - Families who want to forgo a ...

Mortality comes calling for all of us eventually. When your time comes, will your burial arrangements help the planet?

New Jersey has become the latest state to legalize human composting as an environmentally-friendly alternative to burials and cremations. The legislation, signed into law last week by New Jersey Gov.

A proposal to turn human remains into soil as an alternative to current funerary options is approaching reality. The Urban Death Project is currently crowdfunding its prototype, with a potential ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...

New Jersey is living up to its nickname even in death. The Garden State approved a bill that legalizes human composting, an alternative to traditional burials in which a corpse is transformed into ...

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 ...

Human composting is now legal in New Jersey. The bill was signed into law last week. It allows for natural organic reduction, also known as human composting. Families who want to forgo a traditional ...