From saving money to saving the planet, more families are choosing flexible, eco-friendly ways to say final goodbyes.

The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...

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 ...

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 ...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eternal Image, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCQB:ETNLD), a public company engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of officially licensed ...

AURORA, Ind. — Beth McGinley has no use for burial plots. She wants her friends to sprinkle her ashes somewhere memorable when she dies. "My main motivating factor is the cost of funerals," said ...

Beth McGinley has no use for burial plots. She wants her friends to sprinkle her ashes somewhere memorable when she dies. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Nearly two-thirds of Americans now opt for cremation – a figure that has been steadily increasing over five decades. On the surface, that proportion tells a simple story: The nation ...

A state lawmaker who owns two businesses that manufacture caskets helped kill legislation that would have legalized a new alternative to traditional burial in Indiana. State Rep. Dick Hamm delivered a ...