Promessa founder Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak has developed an ecological burial process that allows the body to be restored to the earth as naturally as possible. Image credit: Promessa, Niklas Johansson.

ALBANY — Human remains in New York could literally be used for pushing up daisies under proposed legislation that would let corpses be used for composting. The measure, introduced in both the Assembly ...

FAIRBANKS — If you are squeamish about the topics of corpses or compost, stop reading now. No, really, stop now, because I am about to discuss both in combination. This column was prompted by a reader ...

The Green-Wood Cemetery, located in Brooklyn, New York, announced that it will be implementing the option of composting dead bodies into healthy soil. Last week, it was revealed that the Green-Wood ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Human remains in New York could be legally turned into compost as an alternative to burial or cremation under legislation introduced in the state legislature. Only the state of ...

The Georgia legislature passed a bill to regulate the composting of human remains. The bill, sponsored by a funeral home director, aims to provide an alternative method for disposing of the dead.