An increasing number of patents and successful development of biodegradable materials has sparked the interest of industries to invest in production technologies for renewable monomers and polymers.

Volunteers will plant and tend flowers in urns and at graves no longer tended by families. Visitors will appreciate the additional blooms.

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon family has been unable to lay a loved one to rest because her cremated remains are stuck in the mail. The woman’s ashes, shipped via United States Postal Service ...

And around the country, including in New York, other approaches are also getting attention such as "green burials," human composting and even space burials where cremated remains are launched ...

Space Beyond offers an affordable "space burial" service, sending cremated remains into orbit for $250. The service, inspired by founder Ryan Mitchell's personal experience, aims to provide a ...

Space Beyond offers an affordable "space burial" service, sending cremated remains into orbit for $250. The service, inspired by founder Ryan Mitchell's personal experience, aims to provide a ...

The woman's ashes were express shipped and scheduled for delivery by March 24. Nearly two weeks later, they still haven’t arrived. Comedians react to Trump’s nickname for countries US has ...

An abandoned chapel frozen in time, untouched and filled with eerie relics of the past—including cremated remains left behind. A haunting yet beautiful glimpse into forgotten history.

Coroner Daniel A. Buglio is taking steps to clear the storage backlog. A shelf has boxes of unclaimed cremation remains Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in the Lehigh County Forensics Center in South ...