Cremation is now the most popular option for final disposition. Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to ...

Overwhelmed, my family finally chose a simple cremation, scattering my mother’s ashes in a small park under a Monterey pine. Cremation was not the most climate-friendly choice, but it felt like ...

Cremation is rising in popularity as an alternative to traditional burial. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take ...

To most, that means disposing of a body with fire. But proponents are trying to bring a new form of "cremation" to Indiana — one that relies on water rather than flames. A new bill proposed in ...

Joseph H Brown III, owner Joseph H Brown Jr. Funeral Home, offers alkaline hydrolysis or water cremation at their OnSite Cremation LLC facility. He says this is a greener, though more costly ...

Brown, who installed his system in April, said he has conducted water cremation. He believes he’s the first to do so in the state. He charges $5,000 for it, compared to $1,700 for a traditional ...

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.