Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, or maybe soil? While death care often involves embalming bodies, burial in coffins or cremation, the demand for green burial options is growing.

A U.S. startup wants to turn your body into mulch in the latest push to find more eco-friendly alternatives to a coffin burial or cremation.

There are calls for Manitoba to be the latest province to offer "human composting" — natural burials which some say could grow in demand as the environmentally conscious seek alternatives to coffins and cremation.