Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — Rather than being burned, embalmed or interred, some Americans are pushing to be laid to rest using an alternative ...

The debate over human composting was filled with cannibalistic puns from detractors, who said bodies deserve more dignity ...

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 ...

Preview this article 1 min A human composting business in Sodo gives anyone and everyone a new option for their final ...

Nina Schoen likes the idea of life (plant life) springing from death. Schoen has a close friend who chose to have her remains made into compost. The process of those remains being broken down into ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A new law will soon make Georgia one of 13 states to legalize human composting, an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation.

When Dennis Cunningham was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted his death to reflect the values he lived by. As a civil rights lawyer, Cunningham defended the Black Panthers, AIDS protestors, and ...

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