The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...

With an ever-growing list of ways to deal with human remains, it can be hard to know which method is best for the Earth. Most of us try to be responsible global citizens while we’re alive. We sort ...

Those who are considering cremation as their final disposition are not alone. Cremations have been steadily increasing in the United States for decades. A recent report by the National Funeral ...

AURORA, Ind. — Beth McGinley has no use for burial plots. She wants her friends to sprinkle her ashes somewhere memorable when she dies. "My main motivating factor is the cost of funerals," said ...

Pinelawn Cemetery (OTC:PLWN) provides cremation services. It primarily offers cremation services at Memorial Gardens and Garden Mausoleums. Pinelawn Cemetery (OTC:PLWN) is based in Farmingdale, New ...

Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

The premise of a green burial, say advocates of the practice, is to return us to the Earth, replenish it and help it to outlive us.