"Your final act is one of pollution," Tom Harries, co-founder and CEO of Earth Funeral, told Newsweek. "More steel is put into the ground each year than was used to build the Golden Gate Bridge... and ...

There are people who knew they wanted to work in the funeral industry from an early age, but I was not involved until I was in my late 40s. Before that, I worked in finance between China and the ...

Have you ever thought of using your deceased relative’s remains for gardening? It sounds horrifying, doesn’t it? The concept of using human remains for compost may seem disturbing and unethical, but ...

When someone dies, there are a few options for how to lay someone to rest like a straight burial, cremation, and now something a bit more unique. Known as "organic human reduction" under Georgia law, ...

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When I arrived at the nondescript warehouse in Auburn, a team of construction workers was transforming the wide, empty space into a way station between this life and the next. This place was Return ...

Food scraps and biodegradable utensils are common fodder for compost, but in Colorado, human remains could soon be transformed into soil too. The Colorado state Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that ...

Ashes to ashes, dust to … dirt? Californians looking to honor the Earth even after death will soon be able to choose to have their remains composted in the Golden State. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a ...

Reporting from Seattle — As Washington prepares to become the first state to legalize “human composting,” not everyone is dying to turn their loved ones’ bodies into garden-variety soil. Even the ...