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Bio Cremation™ is growing in popularity as more and more people learn about how it can allow them to help the environment and future generations by doing their part to preserve precious natural resources and reduce their individual carbon footprint in a final act of thoughtfulness. Our organization frequently attends trade shows, gives seminars, and writes articles to bring the personal and ecological benefits of Bio Cremation to interested audiences in our industry and beyond. This is the place where you can stay informed about the world of Bio Cremation.
New Flameless Cremation Process Could Be Legalized In Illinois
By CBS Chicago
For 20,000 years, people have been using fire to cremate their loved ones. Now, for the first time, there’s a new way to do cremations and, if Gov. Pat Quinn signs a measure approved by the legislature, it could be available in Illinois by March... Read More
Matthews Cremation and Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes Make Flameless
Cremation a Reality
By Funeral Home & Cemetery News
On Thursday, September 1, 2011, hundreds of friends and family, along with leaders from the business and Jewish community, attended the dedication of Chicago Jewish Funerals’ new chapel in Skokie, IL... Read More
Chemical cremation offers green alternative for deceased (reuters.com)
Funeral home using cremation alternative (abcnewsaction.com)
Chemical cremation (wtsp.com)
Funeral Home Using Cremation Alternative
Lynn Moshier is planning. Moshier lives in St. Petersburg, as does her 96-year-old mother. Her mother is preparing for life after death. Originally, she planned on cremation. But then her daughter saw something in the newspaper... Read More
New, Greener Cremation now Offered in St. Pete
By Laura Kadechka
It turns out you can reduce your carbon footprint in life and in death. A new, greener form of cremation is now being offered at Anderson-McQueen funeral home in St. Petersburg... Read More
Resomation Offers a Green Option for Human Remains
By Chris Cain
News first told you about "resomation" in August. The process of chemical cremation combines water and potassium hydroxide to quickly turn human remains to liquid... Read More
Dying to be Green
By Tyler Suiters
One of the hardest things to talk about in life is death, and what happens after we pass away. But there’s a growing movement to consider the environment when planning a funeral... Read More
Chemical Cremation Gains Supporters in NJ
By Jay Levin
An emerging alternative to cremation is piquing interest — and raising eyebrows — in New Jersey. Alkaline hydrolysis uses lye, heat and pressure to dissolve body tissue. The remaining skeleton is ground into a fine, white ash and given to the family... Read More
Kansas to Regulate New Cremation Choice
by Gene Meyer
Kansas funeral industry regulators are set to setting rules for using a new form of cremation, by dissolving bodies in lye, that will become legal in the state July 1. But few expect the practice to become widely used anytime soon... Read more
The Mortuary Science of Alkaline Hydrolysis - Is it Ethical?
by Sr. Renée Mirkes, O.S.F.
The Catholic Church has sound theological reasons for its unswerving promotion of burial as the normative practice for bodily disposition. Burying the deceased highlights the important truths. Just as faithful Catholics have shared... Read more
State and National Standards for Alkaline Hydrolysis Systems
There is a growing list of new and existing companies manufacturing and marketing alkaline hydrolysis systems for the disposition of human remains. However, not all systems utilize the same equipment design or operational processes... Read more
Discovery News
Green Cremation Offers Clean Departure, September 5, 2011
St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg funeral home first in country with alkaline hydrolysis cremation option, September 2, 2011
WCJB-TV - Gainsville, FL Aired March 23, 2011
Orlando Sentinel
Eco-Friendly 'bio-cremation' opts for water over fire, October 29, 2010
St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg Funeral Home wants to be the first to offer Chemical Cremation, October 26, 2010
Green to the Grave
Aired October 20, 2010 on Fox News - Tampa Bay
Newsweek
Options for Green Burials on the Rise, August 26, 2010
Forbes.com
Going Green In Death, August 19, 2010
Theithacajournal.com
Treatment plan to accept CU vet waste, July 2010
The Press-Enterprise
‘Green’ road to ‘greener pastures’ approved, May 7, 2010 (PDF)
Teamwork in waste plan, June 2010
Latimes.com
Funeral homes seek to legalize ‘bio-cremation’ as a green alternative, May 4, 2010 (PDF)
Reuters.com
Dying to be green, March 30, 2010 (PDF)
Blogs
Naturally Savvy
Aquification is the Greener Cremation
Industry Publications & Papers
New Scientist
Way to Go, August 2011
by Helen Knight
Canadian Funeral News
Cremation Green - "The Birth of Bio Cremation™", July 2011
by Steve Schaal, President - Matthews Cremation North American Region
The Game is Changing
by Paul Rahill, President - Matthews Cremation Division
Funeral Business Advisor
Going Green, January 2010 (PDF)
Mortuary Management Magazine
Paul Rahill of Matthews Cremation Answers Questions about the Alkaline Hydrolysis Process, October 13, 2010