There are two "alternative" burial methods that I find particularly interesting: Space Burial and Memorial Diamonds.
Space burial is exactly what it sounds like. Well, maybe not exactly... you don't really get buried, of course. Instead, a loved one can have some of your cremated ashes launched into orbit. It's pretty cool! Deceased Star Trek alumni Gene Roddenberry, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, and James Doohan had all chosen this option for their remains. It isn't even all that expensive... according to one source I found online, the starting price to have a "symbolic" (read: minuscule) portion of your ashes sent into orbit is only $695. Not bad! And sort of a touching final frontier for those above mentioned Star Trek personalities who helped popularize many of the ideas we have about space travel today.
But perhaps launching your loved ones into space seems a little too distant and you'd like to keep them closer to you? If so, the carbon in the cremated remains can be compressed down into diamonds! I think it's a really neat idea. Maybe your atoms can continue on as a piece of heirloom jewelry that's passed along in the family. Maybe if enough generations in a family adopt this method, someone can inherit a sparkly diamond tiara containing all of their ancestors! And there's the added benefit that your Aunt Mildred's ashes won't end up all over your carpet when the cat knocks over the urn on your mantle. (Of course, there's still the risk that Aunt Mildred-turned-into-a-diamond-ring might end up in the U-bend of your bathroom sink.)
Here's a video I found on the subject of Memorial Gems while I was searching:
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