Technology helps make the way we live more efficient, but it’s changing the way we grieve too. Apps that assist in planning a funeral and biodegradable urns are part of the growing death tech industry ...

Bodies don't go into the pods. Rather, cremated human remains are placed in the biodegradable, plastic-derived urns, and then those urns get covered in soil. After that, a pre-existing tree gets ...

The Loop Living Cocoon™ is the world’s first living coffin grown from mycelium – the root network of mushrooms – and upcycled hemp fibres. It is soft to the touch and lined with a bed of moss. · ...

Even in the traditionally conservative funeral business, new solutions are possible. A researcher at the Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonian: Eesti Maaülikool, EMÜ) has developed an urn ...

A Spanish entrepreneur has designed a biodegradable urn containing a seed that allows human remains to turn into new, green life within a few years. He has already sold more than 20,000. #doingyourbit ...

Seven years ago Jack Davenport, co-owner of Davenport Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, was approached with what seemed to be an unusual request. A family trying to grant the last wishes of a loved ...

There's now a way to live on even after death. Bios Urn is a biodegradable plant pot, made from cellulose and natural fibres, that uses your ashes to nurture the growth of a new tree. It can be buried ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Despite the announcement earlier this month by Transport Minister Daryl Vaz that Cabinet has given approval for the development of a ...

Toronto, Sept. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a Canadian first, Mount Pleasant Group (MPG) is proud to introduce the Loop Living Cocoon™ and Loop EarthRise™, revolutionary biodegradable funeral ...