New Jersey is offering a new option when saying final goodbyes to a loved one – human composting. It works by placing the body inside a vessel that turns it into nutrient-rich soil that can either be ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

New Jersey is living up to its nickname even in death. The Garden State approved a bill that legalizes human composting, an alternative to traditional burials in which a corpse is transformed into ...

Human composting is officially legal in the First State, making Delaware the 10th state to allow the alternative funerary practice. Here’s how Delaware legislators made it happen. Burial or cremation ...

California has already voted to legalize the composting of human remains in 2027, but some residents are not willing to wait that long. The Los Angeles Times wrote about California resident Blaire Van ...

Known as "organic human reduction" under Georgia law, human composting is basically turning a body into soil instead of ashes as with typical cremation. According to Brittanica, it typically involves ...