Memorial options can be more expansive With cremation, there are more options for memorials. Cremated remains can be buried, but other options include keeping ashes in an urn or other container ...

Heartstone, meanwhile, erects personalised mosaic feature headstones, or offers gold ‘cremation’ artworks. In the latter instance, a small amount of a person’s cremated remains are mixed ...

But as cremation rates reach an all-time high, how will this sector cope? Making Memorials Outside the Cemetery ATLANTA -- A good many places in the U.S. have a piece of Elberton, Georgia – at ...

And like Cloverdale in Boise, funeral homes often have designated areas for cremation ceremonies and memorials. “I think a lot of funeral directors out there are starting to get it,” says Mike ...

the white marble headstone and chiseled ebony lettering. "I think that preference is still there," Martinez said, noting that cremation is "still not taking over the traditional (burial)." ...

Cremation has some additional environmental ... carbon from burials has come from the growing use of polished granite headstones. Often imported from India and China, where they are relatively ...

"I don't want fossil fuel to be part of my journey out of this world," Monette said of the natural gas often used to fuel cremation. Green burial, which eliminates caskets and headstones ...