. >> reporter: lazzaro is 22, and he's been working at his father's funeral home the past five years.'s the blower kicking in that will blow the flames on to the person that actually allows for the cremation. >> reporter: but in the course of doing the job, he faced a harsh reality. >> it's something that you have a hard time imagining, you know, your loved one going through. >> reporter: francisco rivero is the founder of pacific internment and lazzaro's dad. >> when he brought up the idea, well, if you're going to be cremated, i'm going to be the one doing it, and i don't want to do it, right? so we had a little -- not a conflict, but just a discussion over this whole thing. and within a year of that conversation he was reading about this new process. >> reporter: that process is acclimation, also commonly called aqua mags, alkaline hydrolysis, or water cremation. >> this is flame cremation here, this is water cremation here, the yin and yang. >> reporter: this machine is only the second one licensed by california, one of 28 states are this process is legal. >> and this is where the

. >> reporter: lazzaro is 22, and he's been working at his father's funeral home the past five years.r kicking in that will blow the flames on to the person that actually allows for the cremation. >> reporter: but in the course of doing the job, he faced a harsh reality. >> it's something that you have a hard time imagining, you know, your loved one going through. >> reporter: francisco rivero is the founder of pacific internment and lazzaro's dad. >> when he brought up the idea, well, if you're going to be cremated, i'm going to be the one doing it, and i don't want to do it, right? so we had a little -- not a conflict, but just a discussion over this whole thing. and within a year of that conversation he was reading about this new process. >> reporter: that process is acclimation, also commonly called aqua mags, alkaline hydrolysis, or water cremation. >> this is flame cremation here, this is water cremation here, the yin and yang. >> reporter: this machine is only the second one licensed by california, one of 28 states are this process is legal. >> and this is where the hot water c