MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

Humans have been cremating their lost loved ones since the Stone Age, but we've come a long way from the fire pits they used. Modern cremation is a surprisingly technologically advanced business, ...

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to introduce water cremation. The process, known as hydrolysis, offers an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or traditional cremation as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reporting from Sacramento — — California funeral directors are eager to start offering clients a new natural and greener way to dispose of their loved ones’ remains, but they need a change in ...

A new form of cremation that proponents claim is more environmentally friendly may soon be legal in New Hampshire. It goes by many names including Resomation, Aquamation, bio cremation, and non-flame ...

WORCESTER – Just after noon on this overcast Thursday, aging mortician Peter A. Stefan sat in his second-floor office, small wreaths of smoke curling lazily from his well-worn pipe, as a longtime ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --For 20,000 years, people have been using fire to cremate their loved ones. Now, for the first time, there's a new way to do cremations and, if Gov. Pat Quinn signs a measure approved ...