SEATTLE — Leslie Christian recently added unusual language to her living will: After death, she hoped her remains would be reduced to soil and spread around to help out some flowers, or a tree. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During human composting, the body is placed in a specialized polycarbonate vessel that's eight feet long, three and a half feet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tell us: What do you want to happen to your body after you die? Do you know what want to have happen to your body after you die?

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Cremation is the preferred postmortem care option among Washingtonians. But another option is gaining popularity.

There is a looming crisis in America’s death industry. Green-Wood Cemetery might have found a lifeline. The storied 478-acre Brooklyn burial ground, like many across the U.S., is running out of room ...

When Lisa Fabbro lost her father a few years ago, the family chose to have him cremated. Back then, Fabbro didn't know there's a way to transform dead bodies into soil. She now imagines an alternative ...

A demonstration human composting "vessel" for the deceased, decorated with flowers and compostable mementos, in the USA A TV presenter and author hopes to provide the UK's first human composting ...

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