Category: cremation

October 21, 2020 Off

By Using Agro-Waste to Cremate Bodies, This Indian Man Has Saved 35,000 Trees

By Nivedita Khandekar

The majority of people from the Hindu community in India prefer to burn the bodies of their dear ones on…

Coronavirus Has Changed Mourning at a Black-Owned Funeral Home

June 8, 2020 Off

Coronavirus Has Changed Mourning at a Black-Owned Funeral Home

By Tomas Navia

Simone Churchman barely had a break from work in her family’s funeral home through the whole month of April. As…

These Funeral Directors Are Dissolving Dead Bodies in Water to Help Save the Earth

May 9, 2020 Off

These Funeral Directors Are Dissolving Dead Bodies in Water to Help Save the Earth

By Rialda Zukic

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.Cemeteries take up roughly 1 million acres of…

This Artist Creates Specialty Dildos That Can Hold Human Remains

September 4, 2018 Off

This Artist Creates Specialty Dildos That Can Hold Human Remains

By Sarah Bellman

From blasting human remains into space to posing the dead like they’re still alive, some people have started to opt…