There are many options for a body’s final resting place after death. Religious views, state or federal laws, economics, and personal beliefs can affect these choices. It is essential to be aware of and understand your options. Below is an overview of the most common disposition types, which can be customized through ritual or other methods to suit unique wishes.

Earth Burial

Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. A funeral is a ceremony that a ccompanies the final disposition. Evidence suggests that some archaic and early modern hum ans buried their dead. Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead. It has been used to prevent the odor of decay, to give family members closure and prevent them from witnessing the decomposition of their loved ones, and in many cultures it has been seen as a necessary step for the deceased to enter the afterlife or to give back to the cycle of life.
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Burial at Sea

Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly performed by navies, and is done by private citizens in many countries.
Burial-at-sea services are conducted at many different locations and with many different customs, either by ship or by aircraft. Usually, either the captain of the ship or aircraft or a religious representative (of the deceased's religion or the state religion) performs the ceremony.
The ceremony may include burial in a casket, burial sewn in sailcloth, burial in an urn, or scattering of the cremated remains from a ship. Burial at sea by aircraft is only done with cremated remains. Other types of burial at sea include the mixing of the ashes with concrete and dropping the concrete block to form an artificial reef such as the Atlantis Reef.
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Cremation

Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning.[1]
Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India, Nepal, and Syria, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition. Starting in the 19th century, cremation was introduced or reintroduced into other parts of the world. In modern times, cremation is commonly carried out with a closed furnace (cremator), at a crematorium.
Cremation leaves behind an average of 2.4 kg (5.3 lb) of remains known as ashes or cremains. This is not all ash but includes unburnt fragments of bone mineral, which are commonly ground into powder. They are inorganic and inert, and thus do not constitute a health risk and may be buried, interred in a memorial site, retained by relatives or scattered in various ways.
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Alkaline Hydrolysis

Alkaline hydrolysis (also called biocremation, resomation,[1][2]flameless cremation,[3]aquamation[4] or water cremation[5]) is a process for the disposal of human and pet remains using lye and heat; it is alternative to burial, cremation, or sky burial.
The process is based on alkaline hydrolysis: the body is placed in a pressure vessel which is then filled with a mixture of water and potassium hydroxide, and heated to a temperature of around 160 °C (320 °F) at an elevated pressure which precludes boiling. The body is efficiently broken down into its chemical components, (completely disintegrating its DNA), a process which takes approximately four to six hours. Too, lower temperatures and pressures may be used such that the process takes a leisurely (98 °C (208 °F), 14 to 16 hours).[6] At the start the mixture is very alkaline, with a pH level of approximately 14; this drop approximately 11 by the end, but the exact value depends of the total operation time and the amount of fat in the body.[7]
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Natural / Green Burial

“Natural burial is the interment of the body of a dead person in the soil in a manner that does not inhibit decomposition but allows the body to be naturally recycled. It is an alternative to burial methods and funerary customs.
The body may be prepared without chemical preservatives or disinfectants, such as embalming fluid, which are designed to inhibit the microbial decomposers that break the body down. It may be buried in a biodegradable coffin, casket, or shroud. The grave does not use a burial vault or outer burial container that would prevent the body's contact with soil. The grave should be shallow enough to allow microbial activity similar to that found in composting.”
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Entombment

Entombment is the practice of placing a deceased person's remains in a sealed structure above ground, such as a mausoleum, crypt, or columbarium, instead of burying them in the ground.
Here are some details about entombment:
- Location
  Entombment can take place in a natural or man-made structure, either above or below ground.
- Options
  The two main options for entombment are mausoleums and columbariums. In a mausoleum, the deceased is buried in a casket in a crypt. In a columbarium, the deceased is placed in an urn in a niche.
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Final Disposition