Eternal Tides Owner says aquamation — which uses water, heat and alkaline chemicals to break down the body — uses 90% less energy than cremation and is used in some states for humans. Curtis Sullivan, ...

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 ...

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 ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — For years, North Carolinian funeral homes have only had cremation or burial services to offer. This month, Tranquility Cremation by Aquamation is changing that. The new ...

PHOENIX - When it comes to burials, Americans overwhelmingly choose either burying their loved ones or cremating them, according to figures from the National Funeral Directors Association. However, ...

You no longer have to say Fido went to the farm. A new method of body disposal called “aquamation” is reportedly rising in popularity among pet owners who don’t want to bury their recently deceased ...

The process is the same as that which occurs naturally when a body is buried, though at an accelerated rate Digital News Writer, PEOPLE Human rights activist and anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond ...

INDY Week: How did you get into the business of aquamation? Hunter Beattie: In my twenties I was doing a lot of renewable energy work … then kind of fell off the path from that. I was trying to come ...

A March 21 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of a person in scrubs opening the door to a large metal cylinder. "BREAKING NEWS: The dead are liquified and fed to the living," ...

On Sunday, California Governor Jerry Brown passed AB 967, an innocuously named bill for a not-so-innocuous law. The bill, proposed by assembly member Todd Gloria, a San Diego democrat, will make it ...