- Body is placed in a combustible, leak-proof, covered container if a casket is not being used. - The furnace cremates only one body at a time. - Chamber reaches temperatures between 1,400 and 1,800 ...

Not all cremation services are the same. As a consumer you have a variety of choices when it comes to selecting your cremation service provider. There are full-service funeral homes, cremation ...

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

UNDATED (WKRC/KIMT/CBS Newspath) - Funeral directors are offering water cremation as a new option, although it's not legal in every state. Natural water cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Most people thinking of end-of-life arrangements have faced a choice: traditional burial or flame cremation? But there is a third option, and it's being used locally in Palm ...

With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels ...

That’s one of several questions a Cedar Rapids resident asked Curious Iowa — a series from The Gazette that answers readers’ questions — about the death care industry. They also wondered what happens ...

Francisco Rivero proudly shows off a large stainless steel pod in the middle of a cavernous concrete room. He unlatches its heavy vault door, swinging it open slowly to reveal an inner chamber just ...

Death can be an uncomfortable conversation, but leaving your loved ones without a plan puts you at risk of ending up in the ...

Already a popular option in the US, and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline hydrolysis – a sustainable method of disposing the body after death – is set to be ...

A generation ago, burial was the default and cremation the exception. Today, the roles are rapidly reversing. By 2035, 80% of Americans will opt for cremation over burial, according to the National ...