Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With an ever-growing list of ways to deal with human remains, it can be hard to know which method is best for the Earth. Most of ...

The green burial industry is expected to surpass $1 billion by the end of 2030.

Death may be one of life’s two certainties — but profits from selling caskets are not. That’s the view of a New York hedge fund that on Thursday announced it was shorting a major casket manufacturer ...

Pahiki Eco-Caskets makes low-environmental-impact caskets out of Hawaii-grown wood. Pictured above is company founder Cortney Gusick working on a casket. Owner Cortney Gusick and casket carpenter ...

Christo Ayoub was the kind of person who believed his treasures were stored in Heaven. "His main concern was to just bring light to people that were not aware of God," said his daughter, Carol Sfeir.

The FTC’s Funeral Rule mandates that consumers do not have to accept packages at funeral homes and are free to pick and choose the goods and services they wish. Funeral providers are also required to ...

Before the 1990s, many Malawian communities feared coffins almost as much as death itself. Burial rites largely followed ...

Shopping on your own for items like caskets or urns can be a way to cut down costs of a funeral. Here are some guidelines to follow: The FTC’s Funeral Rule mandates that consumers do not have to ...