A new, greener alternative to cremation called aquamation or “flameless cremation” may soon be available in the D.C. area.

According to Atlas Obscura, flameless cremation uses a combination of heated water and chemicals instead of fire to render your physical being into something more easily managed.

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would add water cremation as a way to breakdown the human body into minerals and bone fragments after death.

Alkaline hydrolysis is a form of flameless cremation where a human body can be liquified and turned into wastewater after death. An online video on alkaline hydrolysis is spurring claims that ...

There’s only one problem: the type of flameless cremation she wants isn’t legal in Wisconsin. Murphy found out about alkaline hydrolysis after searching on the internet.

The Texas Funeral Service Commission wrote to the Health Science Center on Nov. 1, ordering the university to stop using alkaline hydrolysis and warning that UNT HSC could face legal and ...

Alkaline hydrolysis — also known as water cremation, green cremation and flameless cremation — uses water, heat and alkaline chemicals along with pressure to speed up the process of natural ...

WHEN project manager Janice Soh saw a video of aquamation, or water cremation, by The Green Mortician that her friend shared, the 41-year-old knew immediately that this would be the best option ...

Alkaline hydrolysis – also known as biocremation, water cremation, or flameless cremation – generally uses water, alkaline chemicals, and heat to decompose bodies.