After death, some Marylanders are choosing to become soil instead of ashes ...

Maryland is now home to the largest human composting facility in the country.

The house plants in Dianne Thompson-Stanciel’s Tinton Falls home are thriving with the help of a new compost. The leaves on her monstera deliciosa are a bright evergreen, their vines climbing taller ...

Utah may soon be the 13th state to legalize “natural organic reduction,” or human composting, as an alternative, lower-cost and eco-friendly way to bury the dead. Sen. Jen Plumb, D-Salt Lake City, is ...

August Elliott says he’d never thought much about what he’d like done with his body after his death. Then, about two years ago, Elliott’s father died after a long battle with cancer. As he grieved, ...

Rhode Island's House passed a bill to allow human composting for the second year in a row and "water cremation" for the first time.

When Lisa Fabbro lost her father a few years ago, the family chose to have him cremated. Back then, Fabbro didn't know there's a way to transform dead bodies into soil. She now imagines an alternative ...

Oklahoma lawmakers approved a bill to legalize natural organic reduction — the composting of human remains. Gov. Kevin Stitt ...

A demonstration human composting "vessel" for the deceased, decorated with flowers and compostable mementos, in the USA A TV presenter and author hopes to provide the UK's first human composting ...