Washington passes bill to be the first state to allow composting human bodies
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https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2019/04/28/washington-passes-bill/
It may soon be legal for the dead to push daisies, or any other flower, in backyard gardens across Washington state. The state legislature recently passed a bill that, if signed by the
governor, allows human bodies to be composted — and used for mulch.
One million more Americans are projected to die in 2037 than they did in 2015. Human composting, its supporters say, is an eco-friendly option that can meet this growing demand. A
Seattle-based company called Recompose plans to offer a service called “natural organic reduction” (it has two patents pending) that uses microbes to transform the departed — skin,
bones and all.
Microbes go to work within a large vessel, about eight feet tall and four feet wide, that fits a single body along with alfalfa, straw and wood chips. Over the course of 30 days, as
temperatures in the vessel rise to 150 degrees, decomposition destroys the body, along with most pathogens and pharmaceuticals, Spade said. Restrictions on where the soil could be
applied would mirror rules for scattering ashes - broadly speaking, only on land with an owner's permission.
Might as well give something back to the earth
Wait, you aren't allowed to do this? Seems draconian.
See its being handled the same way as ashes are, see pretty much no problem with it other than it takes a lot longer than cremation and you can still use ashes as compost as well. Just this is better for the earth than ash is.
Not a bad idea really.
Its less its illegal, more theres no real law set in place, in most places to state that its allowed or disallowed. That and no system/companies that will do it as a service, most that do composting will only accept green goods/garden waste, nothing that is meat/bone even though it composts just as good.
Finally! I can't wait for this to reach the rest of the world so I can finally clear out my basement.
Come again??????
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/527/b7d2c253-c980-4053-bc9a-261a65dfb65f/v mods when there's a thread on actual viyda.webm
Are you me?
Fuck yes we're one step closer to the Judge Dredd universe with Meat Wagon and Resyk.
I always thought forcing people to spend 2-10 grand for a box and a service only to bury them somewhere in the ground, taking up space, was stupid. It's an old tradition, and like most old traditions, it's stupid to hang on to
Burial rites aren't meant for the dead, but the living who survive them
I get that its practical and all, but imagining seeing a tooth or finger bone or something poking out of a flower bed freaks me out
There was that movie The Fountain where Rachel Weisz's character talked about how beautiful it was for death to create life. I approve of this.