The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to introduce water cremation. The process, known as hydrolysis, offers an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or traditional cremation as the ...

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

It’s almost like a washing machine, if you ask Joseph H. Brown. The casket-shaped metal tank sitting in Brown’s crematory in West Baltimore uses hot water, chemicals and a bit of agitation to dissolve ...

Two new alternatives to burial and cremation fail to comply with the Catholic Church's teaching on respect for the bodies of the dead, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Doctrine ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ARVADA — On a dead-end street lined with auto body shops on the industrial edge of this city sits a low-slung, brick building where Ed Gazvoda works without ...

Hydrolysis uses alkaline and water to break down body in a few hours and is part of demand for more sustainable funerals ...

Water cremation introduced in the UK for the first time - A body undergoing hydrolysis is wrapped in a silk or woollen shroud before being placed in a chamber with hot water and chemicals ...