Water cremation will be available in the UK later this year, with Co-Op Funeralcare becoming the first company to offer the service. Also called resomation, the process uses chemicals to break down ...

Co-op Funeralcare has said it hopes to be able to offer water cremations in the UK for the first time later this year. Currently there are only two options for families when their loved ones die - ...

Already a popular option in the US, and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline hydrolysis – a sustainable method of disposing the body after death – is set to be ...

The Co-op has announced it will be launching water cremation later this year, the first of its kind service in the UK. Also known as Resomation and Alkaline Hydrolysis, water cremation is presented as ...

Unconventional 'boil in a bag' funerals in which human bodies are liquified and disposed of in wastewater systems could be coming to the UK. A consultation of funerary methods by the Law Commission ...

The process produces a third less greenhouse gas (Representational Image) Co-op Funeralcare, the largest provider in the UK, is all set to offer a new and eco-friendly method of burial known as water ...

Co-op Funeralcare has a new type of burial practice on offer for its customers that is thought to be more sustainable. Resomation - water cremation or alkaline hydrolysis - is being offered as an ...

Water cremation and human composting could soon be offered as an alternative to traditional funerals. A Law Commission consultation is proposing legal approval of new methods beyond burial, cremation, ...

Many social customs change over time, and the way we remember people who have died is no different. This is seen by the increasing popularity of 'direct' cremations, where the cremation takes place ...

When Minnesota fisherman Robert J Klink passed away in 2017, his widow opted for what was at the time an unconventional burial choice for her dearly departed. To reflect a life spent around lakes, Mrs ...