Ohio has a handful of cemeteries that offer green burials, including Kokosing Nature Preserve in Knox County, Foxfield Preserve in Stark County and Heritage Acres Memorial Sanctuary near Cincinnati.

A new Ohio Senate bill would authorize natural organic reduction for humans after death -- also called human composting -- a ...

A newly proposed Ohio Senate bill would legalize human composting. Brandon Aubrey is reportedly seeking to dramatically reset ...

Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

Two companion measures, House Bill 591 and Senate Bill 323, were introduced in November 2025 and are designed to authorize natural organic reduction and outline how it would be regulated, according to ...

Some other states already allow remains to be converted into compost, and a Republican lawmakers wants Ohio to be next.

The green option, also called “natural organic reduction,” transforms a body into nutrient-dense soil in just a few weeks.

California has joined Washington, Colorado, Vermont and Oregon in legalizing the composting of human remains. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law this week that directs state agencies to ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah may soon be the 13th state to legalize "natural organic reduction," or human composting, as an alternative, lower-cost and eco-friendly way to bury the dead. Sen. Jen Plumb, ...

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation. New Jersey resident Jayme Strasburger chose to compost her mother ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to legalize human composting as an environmentally-friendly alternative to burials and cremations. The legislation, signed into law last week by New Jersey Gov.