Before a bill signing last week, New Jersey residents who were interested would have to seek the process out of state.

Although human composting is already legal in nearby states like New York, Delaware, and Maryland, none of those states have ...

New Jersey has become the 14th state to allow the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation.

The Garden State approved a bill that legalizes human composting, an alternative to traditional burials in which a corpse is transformed into nutrient-rich soil that loved ones can use to feed their ...

The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into hundreds of ...

Nina Schoen likes the idea of life (plant life) springing from death. Schoen has a close friend who chose to have her remains made into compost. The process of those remains being broken down into ...

Cut to this week, when New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill that makes it legal in New Jersey for the departed ...

New Jersey on Thursday added a new afterlife alternative for dead bodies, approving their controlled breakdown and composting ...

TRENTON — How would you like to spend eternity nourishing a flower garden, or being part of a nature trail or a patch of a grassy hillside? New Jersey lawmakers are considering whether to allow the ...

New Jersey has become the 14th US state to legalize human composting, an eco-friendly alternative to burial and cremation. This natural process transforms bodies into nutrient-rich soil, offering ...

The legislation, signed into law last week, will allow funeral homes and facilities in New Jersey to offer the service ...