A Fresno County official said he plans an ordinance against human compost being placed on San Joaquin River Trust land.

Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) signed a bill into law Monday that makes the Centennial State the second in the country to allow for human composting, which essentially allows people to be made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — Rather than being burned, embalmed or interred, some Americans are pushing to be laid to rest using an alternative ...

California has joined Washington, Colorado, Vermont and Oregon in legalizing the composting of human remains. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law this week that directs state agencies to ...

Fresno County officials say they were “shocked” to learn that compost made from human remains was being spread on public land ...

When Stephanie Burris drives by graveyards near her home in Boulder County, Colorado, she sees thousands of tiny landfills: Concrete boxes filled with non-biodegradable caskets, which are lined with ...