Organic natural reduction means a body would quickly be turned into dirt It would join cremation and burial as the other ways a body is dealt with in Rhode Island PROVIDENCE − In 2026, will you be ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – While Ohio currently only recognizes cremation or burial options for human remains, a state lawmaker is trying to add a third possibility: human composting. Senate Bill 323, ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — R.I. House lawmakers approved legislation Tuesday that would make so-called “human composting” legal in the Ocean State. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Michelle McGaw, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — A new Ohio Senate bill would authorize natural organic reduction for humans after death — also called human composting or “terramation” — a process through which human remains ...

Traditional cremation and burial remain the two major paths for disposition chosen by most people nationwide. Here, a cemetery in Henniker. (Photo by Dana Wormald/New Hampshire Bulletin) Rep. Jessica ...

Death is something that can be awkward to talk about, and planning one's own funeral can be a strange dilemma. Choice Mutual conducted an annual survey that ranks alternative burial preferences around ...

House Bill 1457 is known as the "Live Free and Die Free Act." ...

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that will allow for a “natural” process of decomposing human remains. The bill allows for a “natural organic reduction” or “controlled supervised decomposition” ...