Human composting and water cremation considered to tackle burial space shortages

The Law Commission recommends new burial methods are approved through secondary legislation.

The first signs of human cremation may date back 100,000 years

The latest discoveries by an international research team, which includes Academy Research Fellow Ferhat Kaya from the ...

Ashes to ashes? How about water or compost? R.I. lawmakers are considering greener end-of-life options.

The House voted 46 to 17 for Representative McGaw’s bill to allow water cremation and human composting in R.I. But the Senate ...
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100,000-Year-Old Burned Bones Could Rewrite Human Burial History

Scientists studying ancient human remains in Ethiopia may have uncovered the earliest known evidence of human cremation, ...
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100,000-Year-Old Bones in Ethiopia May Point to the Earliest Human Cremation

A set of burned human bones unearthed in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift may hold the oldest known evidence of cremation, pushing a ...

Human composting and water cremation may be approved in Wales

A Law Commission report has recommended the Welsh Government and Westminster should be able to approve and regulate new ...

Human composting and water cremation could be introduced

Human composting and water cremation could be introduced in England and Wales - Water cremation is already available in parts ...

Boom in cremation hides surprising truths about what Americans really want when they die

(THE CONVERSATION) Nearly two-thirds of Americans now opt for cremation – a figure that has been steadily increasing over five decades. On the surface, that proportion tells a simple story: The nation ...