There are 270 natural burial sites across the UK, which require bodies to be buried in biodegradable coffins without using embalming fluid. However, no such sites currently exist in Northern Ireland.

How green is green burial? According to Miller, those traditional burials strain natural resources every step of the way. A metal casket, for example, must be mined, manufactured and transported.

Grieving families tasked with laying a loved one to rest normally can choose from among conventional burial, cremation, or donating the body to science. Maplewood Cemetery has introduced another ...

The green burials are offered at Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colo.; the National Memorial Cemetery of ...

Diane Holick has long known she doesn’t want to be buried in a box after she dies. Nor does she want to be cremated. Instead, she wants what’s known as a natural burial, a type of funeral ...

Type” burial is very similar to a “green burial” or a “natural burial.” This type of burial refers to more environmentally friendly methods of burial that refrain from the use ...

When he dies, Francis will now be immediately placed in a single wooden casket lined with zinc, rather than the three interlocking caskets made of cypress, lead and oak. Prior tradition laid the ...