The increased death count and regulations due to Covid-19 is creating pressure on the Italian death care industry. No services and immediate disposal is difficult for families and directors. Every 30 minutes a funeral is taking place in Bergamo, a…
Recompose has finally hired a GM to take the lead of their Seattle facility
Recompose has finally hired a GM to take the lead of their Seattle facility In 2021 the world’s first human recomposition facility will be opening. The founding mother for the process, Recompose CEO, Katrina Spade, has a lot to arrange…
1,000+ parents supported in the UK through subsidies for child funeral services
In July 2019 the Children’s Funeral Fund for England (CFF) was initiated to provide support to families who lost a child. Parents receive a financial reimbursement in order to pay for a burial or cremation services. The fund has awarded…
New Jersey Funeral home helps bereaved families deactivate leftover prescriptions drugs
Servicing the New Jersey Chatham area for over 70 years, Bradley & Son Funeral Home, has decided to partner with the Madison Chatham Coalition to help families dispose of leftover prescription drugs from the deceased. After the passing of a…
Irish Funeral Home Association releases coronavirus guidelines for funeral directors
In a response to the increasing death toll of coronavirus victims, the Irish Association of Funeral Directors has issued guidelines for handling deceased victims of the virus. The guidelines are meant to protect funeral directors as well as their clients.…
Italy suspends funerals to limit the spread of the coronavirus
Italy has imposed a country wide lock down after the government has stepped up its regulations concerning the coronavirus. The measures will last, at least, until the 3rd of April. Sports games and concerts are cancelled. Ski resorts, schools, universities, gyms,…
Bereaved young people get support from UK funeral giant
Co-op Funeral Care, UK’s largest funeral care provider let’s organisations apply to a fund which helps setting up projects aimed to help young people in bereavement. As the largest funeral care provider in the UK, operating over 1,000 funeral homes,…
California lawmakers introduce a new bill to legalize organic reduction of human bodies
Lawmaker Cristina Garcia has introduced Bill AB 2592 to legalize natural organic reduction of human bodies in California. After legalization in Washington, both Colorado, and now California are taking steps in making this disposition method available for the public. The…
Insurance company lists funniest funeral home names
There was a spoof in the UK where reporters mis-interepted data from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) about March being the month most deaths occur. However, the data was incorrect and although March is the second most common…
India targets cremation pollution through river renovation projects
Thanks to a corporate social responsibility project India’s crematory ghats, where open pyre funerals are held, are being revamped to reduce river pollution. Hindus believe cremation on the banks of the Ganges River frees the soul from the cycle of…
