Labour is plotting to make UK crematoria greener by banning gas cremation ovens and forcing grieving families to choose ...

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 has announced that it will ...

Eco-friendly burials and biodegradable memorials will be part of a plan to transform Sheffield's bereavement services, the ...

With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels ...

I always thought that one of the ways I could do my bit for Net Zero was (when the time comes) by dying. No more exhaling CO2, no more planet-destroying food choices, or, come to think of it, no more ...

Water cremation and human composting could soon be offered as an alternative to traditional funerals. A Law Commission consultation is proposing legal approval of new methods beyond burial, cremation, ...

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 ...