The process of alkaline hydrolysis, commonly known as 'aquamation,' is legal in 28 states as a means for the dissolution of ...

Tom Tierney was born into the funeral home business. He took over the John F. Tierney Funeral Home in Manchester in 2020 and was looking for ways to provide more for patrons. Last year, he started The ...

Hanson developed this way to cremate animals. The organization states that a little more than 100 years later, Alkaline Hydrolysis was used commercially to dispose of human cadavers at Albany ...

Rivero is a funeral director at Pacific Interment Service in Emeryville, and the futuristic machine is an aquamation system. It uses water to dissolve every part of the human body except for the bones ...

Alkaline hydrolysis relies on water and alkaline chemicals to turn a dead body into bone fragments and a neutral effluent.

Indiana House of Representatives approves water-based cremation alternative despite religious opposition. The bill adds ...

A bill that would legalize human composting, also known as natural organic reduction, as an alternative to other burial ...

Clients of Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation will have the option to pursue an environmentally-friendly alternative to cremation next year, when the Jordan funeral home begins offering ...

Members of Indiana’s House of Representatives approved the measure on a 70-17 vote—a far cry from its defeat on a 34-59 vote a decade ago.

The Jordan City Council will decide whether or not to allow Ballard Sunder Funeral & Cremation to add alkaline hydrolysis services to their downtown funeral home after the proposal cleared a ...