Ryan Cattoni, funeral director at AquaGreen Dispositions LLC, where he says he offers the first "flameless cremation" in Illinois. The process is actually called alkaline hydrolysis -- "an accelerated form of natural composition". Tuesday, September 25, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Ryan Cattoni, Funeral Director at AquaGreen Dispositions LLC, where he says he is the state's first "flameless cremation" in Illinois. The process is actually called alkaline hydrolysis -- "an accelerated form of natural composition". Tuesday, September 25, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Ryan Cattoni, funeral director at AquaGreen Dispositions LLC, where he says he offers the first "flameless cremation" in Illinois. The process is actually called alkaline hydrolysis -- "an accelerated form of natural composition". Tuesday, September 25, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Ryan Cattoni, funeral director at AquaGreen Dispositions LLC, where he says he offers the first "flameless cremation" in Illinois. The process is actually called alkaline hydrolysis -- "an accelerated form of natural composition". Tuesday, September 25, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Ryan Cattoni, funeral director at AquaGreen Dispositions LLC, where he says he offers the first "flameless cremation" in Illinois. The process is actually called alkaline hydrolysis -- "an accelerated form of natural composition". Tuesday, September 25, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Inside a windowless room behind a drab South Holland storefront that once housed an auto body shop sits a piece of equipment that looks like it could be part of a super-secret government project. A giant stainless steel cylinder gleams beneath fluorescent lights. A hatch …