Diamonds made from ashes, burial forests, restoring memorials — the ways we say goodbye are growing more diverse. More people want funerals that respect nature, and the trend carries symbolic weight.

When it comes to funerals, two choices usually spring to mind. Most people will opt for either a traditional ground burial in a wooden coffin or a cremation, which turns a person's remains into ashes.

Cremation’s rise to 61.9% in 2024, driven by affordability and cultural shifts, has surpassed burials, reshaping the funeral economy with projections of 82% market share by 2045. Lower-cost cremation ...

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AGEING cremators at Portchester Crematorium are set to be replaced by new natural gas equipment after cheaper and more environmentally-friendly electric machines were ruled out. Did you know with a ...

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Forget the casket room: Sparrow, a funeral home in Greenpoint, designed the retail store to draw in passersby. Photo: Erica Hill Forget the casket room: Sparrow, a funeral home in Greenpoint, designed ...

In his half-century in the death business, Richard Moylan has never experienced years like these. As president of Brooklyn's Green-Wood cemetery, he spends his days managing the historic site where ...

Death is something no one enjoys thinking about but that we will all go through some time for both our loved ones and ourselves, so understanding your options when it comes to your burial, cremation ...