Want to go green in death? Here's a process that may allow you to do just that. Resomation involves an alkaline hydrolysis process that dissolves a body into both a liquid and a powdery white mass.

Wish to continue your environmentally friendly life after death? You can do so with a new post-death disposal called "resomation", which is a greener alternative to cremation. Developed by a firm in ...

Burial uses too much land; cremation releases too much CO 2. So what about composting our loved ones – or even dissolving them? In the middle of a cavernous factory floor in Pudsey, Leeds, sits a ...

Aquamations are coming to Britain, as Co-op Funeralcare has confirmed that it will offer the service later this year. Also known as alkaline hydrolysis, resomations, or water cremations, the process ...

Since the beginning of human history, cremation — the burning of a human body after death — has been a standard method for treating the deceased across nearly all cultures. Cremation is ...

From dust we are, and to dust we shall return — by burial, cremation or emulsification. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. As some ...

Water cremation is set to be made available for the first time in the UK. The process, known as resomation, uses a mix of potassium hydroxide and water to break down human remains in what is billed as ...

Water cremation will be available in the UK later this year, with Co-Op Funeralcare becoming the first company to offer the service. Also called resomation, the process uses chemicals to break down ...

Co-op Funeralcare has announced plans to offer a new form of burial as a sustainable alternative to traditional burials or cremation. The UK’s largest funeral provider announced on Sunday that it will ...

Using potassium hydroxide and hot water to dissolve a body sounds like something Walter White would come up with. But fictional meth kingpins aside, this method is gaining traction as the first ...

In Western societies, disposing of a dead body has come down to two choices: there’s burial, and there’s cremation. Occasionally, a corpse is donated to science, but even those remains usually make ...