Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minnesotans will soon no longer need to leave the state to return their remains to nature by converting them into nutrient-rich ...

Most people plan to either be buried or cremated when they die, but there is another, environmentally friendly option: Human composting. "So instead of being cremated and turned into ash, you're ...

Over a dozen states already have legalized the process. Will North Carolina be next?

DOVER, Del.DOVER, Del. — The Delaware Senate gave final approval Thursday to a bill allowing the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation. The measure passed on a 14-7 vote ...

New Jersey is living up to its nickname even in death. The Garden State approved a bill that legalizes human composting, an alternative to traditional burials in which a corpse is transformed into ...

Pyramids, mausoleums, cenotaphs, headstones - human beings have been experimenting with ways to commemorate their dead loved ones since before the dawn of history. Now, a growing group of advocates ...

I n the warehouse-huge back room of his company Return Home, just south of Seattle, Micah Truman walks over to what looks like an off-white shipping crate, complete with a lock on the front. “Put your ...

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 ...