In Oregon, there are five legal ways to lay the dead to rest. Bodies can be embalmed and shipped out of state; donated to scientific research facilities; cremated; buried; or dissolved. Yes, you read ...

Your carbon footprint doesn’t end when you die. Conventional death practices like embalming, cremation and getting buried in ...

When people often think of their final wishes here in the Northwest, they usually think of cremation then burial. That is why in 1999, Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service installed their own crematory in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you may want to leave in a more environmentally friendly way. Aqua-cremation uses a water-based process called alkaline ...

On a frigid January day, there was unusual activity at a long-dormant red brick building on Sublette Avenue in St. Louis. Jon Hughes, a funeral home operator, watched a team of professional movers in ...

After researching aqua cremation for more than a decade, Strommer bought his alkaline hydrolysis machine from an Indiana-based company called BioResponse Solutions. His machine—affectionately dubbed ...

People who care about protecting the environment might recycle or conserve water while alive. But there are green end-of-life options as well. Dawna Agosto lost her mother to bladder cancer in April ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — The first flameless cremation facility for humans in the state of California is now open in San Diego County. White Rose Aqua Cremation in Escondido offers a completely water based ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) – From the outside, it may look like a typical cremation chamber. But inside, it's much different. White Rose Aqua Cremation in Escondido is the first facility in California ...

(CBS4) - When we think of protecting the environment, we think of options we can do while alive, like recycling or conserving water. But did you know there are green end-of-life options? Dawna Agosto ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Kansas City’s West Bottoms, Jarrod Hammond’s “aqua cremation” business — where over hours using a machine known as the Pet-550, ...