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'Water cremation' could be coming to Indiana. What is it and why is new option important.
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe majority of people in the U.S. are now cremated after death. To most, that means disposing of a...
‘It Smells Like Earth’: Inside the Eco-Minded World of Human Composting
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAfter eons of burial and cremation being the only options, a new process is giving grieving families...
Caskets, cremation and composting: the business of death in New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 18—It's not the American way to talk about death. But after months of staggering COVID-19 deaths turned into years — totalling more than 9,000 in New Mexico — death became a daily discussion ...
How to become human compost (and other ways to be environmentally-friendly, post-mortem)
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChanging values and advances in technology have led to a burgeoning “green” death industry from...
Will human composting be allowed in RI? Here's what supporters say.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPROVIDENCE — Will Rhode Island join six other states and make "natural organic reduction," also known as human composting, a legal alternative to burial and cremation? Two bills introduced by ...
Inside the warehouse that builds machines to liquify dead bodies
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBased in Danville, Indiana, Bio-Response Solutions builds alkaline hydrolysis machines that fit...
‘Everybody’s here.’ Kentucky history lives on inside the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThere was nowhere left to bury the dead. The 1833 cholera outbreak left Lexington in ruins, taking...
The News You Need To Read This Morning
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis is an excerpt from Incoming, BuzzFeed News’ morning newsletter dedicated to making sense of this chaotic world we live in. Join the club here....
When death comes: New York part of a growing movement to say greener goodbyes
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 22—When death comes, more people are going green. Environmental advocates, funeral directors, cemetery administrators and religious leaders agree that people are longing for a deeper connection ...
John Zisa, longtime North Jersey football coach and a 'great inspiration,' dies at 61
The Bergen Record via Yahoo Sports· 1 month agoJohn Zisa, who overcame a severe spinal cord injury as a teenager to become a highly regarded...