A new wave of eco-friendly funeral options is gaining traction. Companies like Return Home and Recompose, led by Micah Truman, are offering human composting as a sustainable and personal alternative to traditional burials and cremations.

Blaire Van Valkenburgh was walking through the woods with lanterns dangling from both hands, visiting the dirt that used to be her husband. It was almost dark outside.

She strolled effortlessly through a maze of rocks and roots to a tiny glade that ...