Traditional burial has its own environmental impacts, including contaminating soil with the chemicals used on the body (formaldehyde and other preservatives). In California, the median cost of an ...

When thinking about funerals (you know, as one does), you likely picture mourners clad in black surrounding a casket or scattering ashes into the wind. These traditions are meant to honor someone ...

That choice of cremation over a traditional burial with a polished casket buried six feet in the ground within a concrete vault is one of the biggest changes he's seen while growing up in the ...

Frank McQuade grew up Catholic, became a priest and always envisioned a traditional send-off when he died — a funeral home wake, a funeral Mass at a church and a cemetery burial. But McQuade ...

The green burial (natural burial) section of a cemetery is pictured. In traditional burials, caskets are often buried within a concrete vault. But for green burials, there is no such lining and ...

He said the challenge is people like to be buried near family members, who are usually in the traditional cemeteries. Dube said green burial appeals to younger generations and families ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Most people thinking of end-of-life arrangements have faced a choice: traditional burial or flame cremation? But there is a third option, and it's being used locally in ...

This, much like traditional cremation, leaves behind bone remains that can be memorialized. Alkaline hydrolysis is not the only form of a green, or eco-friendly burial, there are other sustainable ...