Terramation or ‘human composting’ has been legalised in six US states recently yet it’s still not offered anywhere in Europe. In most European countries the only options when you die are cremation or ...

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

The 26-year-old's death has sparked a Health and Safety Executive investigation A MAN has been killed after becoming trapped in a machine at a compost site. The 26-year-old man was at the Runcton ...

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 ...

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Recent data, however, showed that over half of the Americans surveyed would be interested in “green” or sustainable death care options. Sustainable death care is becoming a sought-after option, and ...

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 ...

For most of us after our deaths, our final wish is to be either buried or cremated. But from today for those living in Washington, there is to be a third option which, rather than pushing up daisies, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Those living in Washington, US, can now opt to be turned into compost when they die, offering people a third option to add to burial and cremation Loved ones can be turned into 'human ...