While Chavez believes that flame cremation should be available as long as people want it and have a cultural or religious tie to that practice, it is clear to her that more and more people have ...

Last year, he started The Green Cremation, implementing alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water cremation, as an option. Tierney started his research in spring 2023. The aquamation system was ...

relative to that of flame cremation, is probably the reason. “It’s not entirely clear from the law whether it’s legal,” Johnson told the Observer over the phone. “But that lack of ...

Alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water cremation, is heralded as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cremation. It uses water, chemicals and heat to rapidly break down a body, leaving ...

AS AN ALTERNATIVE. WHO IS THE MOST COMMON PUBLIC REACTION TO WATER CREMATION? SUPPORTERS EMPHASIZE, THOUGH THEY’RE NOT BOILING ANYONE. IT’S MORE LIKE PLACING THE BODY IN A BIG WASHING MACHINE.