The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to legalise water cremations, a process known as alkaline hydrolysis that is ...

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to introduce water cremation. The process, known as hydrolysis, offers an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or traditional cremation as the ...

The eco-friendly procedure offers an environmentally sustainable alternative to traditional cremation or burial ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Most people thinking of end-of-life arrangements have faced a choice: traditional burial or flame cremation? But there is a third option, and it's being used locally in Palm ...

Excuse the bluntness, but once we shuffle off this mortal coil, our bodies are nothing but bags of live bacteria and dead cells. We can attempt to slow our decay (embalming), or we can preempt it with ...

Hydrolysis uses alkaline and water to break down body in a few hours and is part of demand for more sustainable funerals ...