Composting isn't just for leftovers and soiled napkins. You can now compost your body after you die in certain states, turning it into a rich soil. It's called human composting or natural organic ...

Over a dozen states already have legalized the process. Will North Carolina be next?

"To know that the last gesture you'll make will be gentle and beneficial just feels like the right thing to do," says Recompose founder Katrina Spade At the age of 50, Nina Schoen expects to have a ...

The eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial or cremation transforms the human body into nutrient rich soil Last December, the country's first funeral home offering natural organic reduction — ...

Mayor Adams announced Thursday that the city has expanded its ability to convert food and yard waste into compost by as much as 400% — a key step before his administration expands curbside compost ...

Human composting is the process of transforming human remains into soil. Advocates say it's more environmentally friendly than casket burials and cremation. Despite the seemingly novel burial method, ...

When I arrived at the nondescript warehouse in Auburn, a team of construction workers was transforming the wide, empty space into a way station between this life and the next. This place was Return ...

California may legalize human composting, a process in which the body breaks down into soil over the course of about 30 days Is there a greener way to honor those who have died? Humans have caused ...

One of my earliest memories is of shucking corn at the compost pile in my backyard in rural Connecticut. As much as boiling the corn, slathering it with sweet butter and eating it, the act of pulling ...

Composting is the process where organic waste biodegrades naturally into nutrient-rich soil, which can then be used to grow new organic matter, but if the idea of composting invokes images of a smelly ...

Reduce waste and improve your garden by turning bathroom trash into compost.