How green is green burial? According to Miller, those traditional burials strain natural resources every step of the way. A metal casket, for example, must be mined, manufactured and transported.

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

Vineyarders at the Oak Bluffs Public Library on Saturday were faced with a heavy question — how they would like to be buried. They were there to hear about “green burial,” an unconventional process ...

Still, the GBC works with a particular definition of green or natural burial ... makes for a natural burial is where the bodies are buried. Many cemeteries bury their caskets in vaults or liners ...