For this edition of the Scrub Hub, we are answering questions about 'greener' burials: What are they and how do they work?

Jewish burial customs reflect a fundamental ... body is returned to the earth. A wooden casket, unlike metal or other materials, allows for this natural return. But why insist on simplicity?

Panorama’s natural burial ground looks different from a traditional ... biodegradable boxes or burial shrouds, rather than metal caskets or concrete vaults. Toxic embalming chemicals are not ...

Green burials do away with elaborate caskets, embalming fluids ... The remaining three green burial sites in Florida are natural burial grounds or conservation cemeteries. That means their ...

The green burial (natural burial) section of a cemetery is pictured. In traditional burials, caskets are often buried within a concrete vault. But for green burials, there is no such lining and ...