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The funeral industry could benefit from more environmentally friendly options. But some firms in the United Kingdom have balked at one cremation alternative. Sandwell Council was working with UK-based Resomation to offer...

We often talk about environmental footprints and lifecycle analysis - but what about the afterlife? Did you know that each year the funeral industry uses 6 billion tons of concrete, 800,000 gallons of formaldehyde, and the...

When Pia Interlandi struggled to dress her grandfather in a suit for burial, she realized that the clothes we wear in life are not designed for death—those who have passed on have little use for zippers, buttons and tailoring...

As if dying wasn’t bad enough, it now turns out that funerals are bad for the environment. Whether you’re being conventionally buried or cremated, you’re still impacting on the world around you. However...