A bill before the state legislature would allow a non-profit with at least 20 acres of space to carry out open-air cremations.

One such non-profit already exists and secured a 63-acre area in 2018 which it believes would be suitable.

Maine would become the first US state to legalise open-air cremations, which are only legal in a limited way in Colorado and banned elsewhere.

Missouri legislators backed a bill to allow open-air cremations in 2019, but it was vetoed by state governor Michael Parson.