SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Nearly half of all people who die in the U.S. are now cremated, with many of those ashes being scattered or placed in urns. But more and more people are now using their loved ...

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Bodies don't go into the pods. Rather, cremated human remains are placed in the biodegradable, plastic-derived urns, and then those urns get covered in soil. After that, a pre-existing tree gets ...

None of us knows where we go after we die. But as overcrowded cities run out of real estate for cemeteries, interest in leaving a smaller footprint even in death grows. Designers have been ...

What does it mean when families ask for a green burial, and how does it differ from other options? A HelloNation article ...

Spanish company, Bios Urn, has developed a fully biodegradable urn that allows people to grow a tree from the ashes of a loved one’s mortal remains. The company hope the urn will offer users a natural ...

As we become increasingly aware we're slowly destroying the planet, it seems like everything is getting a "green" makeover. Even funerals. Remember when we showed you the concept for eco-friendly ...

If you want the memory of your loved ones or family pets to live on you can now immortalise them as a tree. A Barcelona firm has designed a biodegradable urn that is planted in the ground and can be ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Cold Spring, Hanover, came alive with laughter, colour, and community spirit on Thursday, December 18, as the Jamaica Constabulary F ...

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