Composting and "green burials" are now legal in New York State. The sector promises to make the burial process cheaper and less toxic, but not everyone agrees it's the best way to treat the dead.

Human composting could become the future of American deathcare as support for the method gains traction in several more states. Also known as natural organic reduction, human composting is an ...

Composting has also expanded to the Norris Center food court. Just last week new bins were installed, and collections began. In preparation for this, NU Dining replaced items that previously were ...

Behind other cities, Los Angeles is moving ahead with its residential composting program, an effort to spare landfills and reduce methane emissions. Under mandate, Los Angeles rolls out food waste ...

Although human composting is already legal in nearby states like New York, Delaware, and Maryland, none of those states have ...

The Natural Funeral charges $7,900 for body composting, compared with $2,200 for flame cremation, and Viddal notes that a traditional burial and service in the Denver area can run well north of ...

BBMP Chief Commissioner Maheshwar Rao has ordered the establishment of leaf composting units in all city parks to manage ...

Composting corpses is much more environmentally friendly compared to traditional methods like burial or cremation. The traditional process of burying bodies involves using carcinogenic chemicals for ...

In this video, I experimented by composting several organic materials simultaneously to see how long it takes to break down ...