Trenton, NJ – New Jersey has officially legalized human composting, becoming the 14th state in the nation to allow residents ...

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, ...

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation. New Jersey resident Jayme Strasburger chose to compost her mother ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s one of the last choices any of us will have to make: what to do with our bodies when we die. For ages, the options have been cremation or burial. Now, Georgia has become ...

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Kevin Mathes, a “specialist in soil transformation” for the green internment home Earth Funeral, was speaking to a military veteran about the man’s burial plans. The veteran was exploring the idea of ...

The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into hundreds of ...

Minnesotans will soon no longer need to leave the state to return their remains to nature by converting them into nutrient-rich soil. As of July 1, human composting — also known as natural organic ...

Human composting is now legal in New Jersey. The bill was signed into law last week. It allows for natural organic reduction, also known as human composting. NEW JERSEY - Families who want to forgo a ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Ashes to ashes, dust to dust - and corpses to crops? In Seattle, a local nonprofit group wants to become the world's first organization to offer as a service human composting, in ...

A bill in the Georgia legislature would regulate "organic human reduction facilities," or facilities that compost human remains. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Rick Williams, argues that regulation is ...