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Green Burials:
An emerging practice in New Hampshire, green burials provide options for environmentally friendly funeral practices

2026 Health Officer Conference
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
NH Health Officers Association
Manchester, NH
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Step-by-Step Processes
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​How to Have a Home Funeral and Home Burial in New Hampshire
How to 
Have a Green Burial in NH​

Laws
  • Roles and Responsibilities of Cemetery Trustees, Drummon/Woodsum Law
  • NH Department of Health and Safety Cemetery Document “Cemeteries; Burials; and Dead Bodies” https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt476/files/documents/2021-11/holu-cemeteries-burials-and-dead-bodies.pdf
  • NH RSA 289 — Cemeteries
              https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVI/289/289-mrg.htm
  • NH RSA 290 — Burials and Disinterments
              https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/xxvi/290/290-mrg.htm
  • NH RSA 325 — Embalmers and Funeral Directors
              https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/NHTOC/NHTOC-XXX-325.htm
  • Professional Rules and Regulations for Licensed Funeral Directors
              New Hampshire Title XXX Occupations and Professions 325:40-b
  •  NH Funeral and Cemetery Laws Explained

Articles
  • Dead Bodies and Disease: the "Danger" That Doesn't Exist, Funeral Consumers Alliance
  • Excising a Health Risk, Carol Lynn Green, National Funeral Directors Association Environmental Compliance Counsel
  • Risk Evaluation for Formaldehyde, US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Dr. Michael Osterholm, Centers for Infectious Disease, letter to senators re: dead bodies and embalming
  • Assessment of the effect of occupational exposure to formaldehyde on the risk of lung cancer in two Canadian population-based case-control studies, Mahboubi et al, National Library of Medicine
  • The Making of a Germ Panic, Then and Now, Nancy Thomes, PhD, American Journal of Public Health, 2/2000
  • The Science Behind Conventional and Natural Burial, Lee Webster et al, from Changing Landscapes and the Green Burial Council
  • Conservation Burial and Ground Water, Dr. Billy Campbell, Ramsey Creek Preserve, available at Memorial Ecosystems
  • Research on Water Quality in Cemeteries, Lee Webster, 8.25
  • The Potential Environmental Impact of Disposition Chart, Lee Webster, 2024 
  • Human Composting and Conservation Burial: Comparing Carbon Costs and Benefits, Dr. Billy Campbell and Lee Webster, 2024
  • Water Quality and Cemetery Issues, Lee Webster
  • Centers for Disease Control, Final Rights, Lisa Carlson and Joshua Slocum
  • Mortality From Lymphohematopoietic Malignancies and Brain Cancer Among Embalmers Exposed to Formaldehyde, Michael Hauptmann, et al. Oxford University Press: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2009
  •  Job-related formaldehyde exposure and ALS mortality in the USA, Andrea L Roberts, et al., Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 87, Issue 7, BJM Publishing Group Limited, 2017
  •  Mortality of U.S. Embalmers and funeral directors, Dr. Richard B. Hayes PhD, et al. New York: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1990
  • When I Go, I'm Going Green, Paula Span, New York Times
  • Articles and books about natural burial and more
  • Current statistics
  • List of Green Burial Cemeteries in the US and Canada
  • Natural Burial Glossary

Organizations
Natural Burial New Hampshire
White Mountain Conservation Burial
Conservation Burial Alliance
Green Burial Council
Funeral Consumers Alliance

How To

Learn About the Law
Have a Home Funeral
Complete Paperwork
Perform Body Care
Arrange Disposition
​Transport the Dead
Create Ceremony
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Pay for a Funeral
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Work With Professionals

Resources

Articles, White Papers, Books
In the News
​Community Advocacy
​Find Locally Made Products
Find a Green Burial Cemetery
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Presentations

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  • Home
  • How To
    • Find Help Fast
    • Learn the Law
    • Have a Home Funeral >
      • State Requirements for Home Funerals
      • New England Legal Requirements
    • Perform Body Care >
      • Cooling Techniques
    • Complete Paperwork
    • Arrange Disposition >
      • Comparison of Disposition Methods
    • Transport the Dead
    • Create Ceremony
    • Go Out Greener
    • Pay for a Funeral
    • Work with Professionals
  • Resources
    • Free Courses
    • Articles, Interviews, Podcasts, Videos
    • Writings, Books, and Forms
    • Glossary
    • FAQs
    • 2020 Funeral Home Price Survey
    • Tools for Community Education >
      • Infographics
    • Sample Forms
    • Disposition Statistics
    • Memorial Forests
    • Shop Local
    • Stories >
      • Read Their Stories
      • Heidi's Story
      • Penney's Story
      • Kathleen's Story
    • For Professionals
    • Special Circumstances >
      • Guidance for Care in the Home
      • Practical Guidelines
      • Ceremony Resources
  • Green Burial
    • Green Burial Cemeteries in the US and Canada
    • Green Burial in NH
    • Green Burial Statistics
    • Green Burial Resources >
      • Information for Land Abutters
      • Natural Burial Bylaw Language
      • Start Up Tips for Green Burial Cemeteries
      • 10 Things You Can Say or Do to Promote Natural Burial
      • Offering Green Burial in Your Hybrid Cemetery
      • Legal Burial Requirements by State
      • Green Burial Books
      • Photographs
      • Winter Burial
    • Conservation Burial
    • New Hampshire Embalming Law
    • Green Burial Survey
  • Presentations
    • Find a Speaker
  • Websites
    • Side Effects Publishing Website Design
    • Funeral Partnership.org >
      • What We Do
  • Contact
  • Aging Resource Center Resources
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