"I would much prefer to think of my father as part of the garden than as a dead body lying in the ground." US man becomes ...

The concept of green funerals (eco-friendly funerals) has seen a surge in interest in recent years, especially among younger ...

Green burials — the American standard until the Civil War — are coming back, as people ditch expensive caskets and decompose into the soil instead.

Green burial provides the smallest environmental impact, followed by human composting, cremation and then conventional burial. Heritage Funeral Home, ...

“With green burial there is no vault,” he noted. “Obviously in those areas there will be more backfill required as time goes on, because the body will decompose and the casket will cave in.” ...

The Green Burial Council talks about “any form of disposition that reduces impact on the environment,” said Sam Perry, president of the national group. “We want to conserve land, ...

Green burial is a catchall term for many new far-out interment options, including human composting and aquamation, also called water cremation or alkaline hydrolysis.

The Green Burial Council talks about “any form of disposition that reduces impact on the environment,” said Sam Perry, president of the national group. “We want to conserve land, protect ...

A growing number of people in Florida and across the country are considering “green” or “natural” burials as an alternative to traditional burials or cremation. Green burials do away with ...

At Steelmantown Cemetery, the natural burial ground in Cape May County, the total cost of a green burial funeral service runs between $7,000 to $10,000, cemetery officials said.

Green burials do away with elaborate caskets, embalming fluids, concrete vaults and tombstones. The result is fewer carbon emissions than cremations and less impact on the climate.