Washington legislation would legalize composting human remains
Washington could be the first state to allow human composting, also known as “recomposition,” according to NBC News.
Recomposition consists of speeding up the decomposition of human bodies by placing them in containers filled with nutrient-dense soil. The soil can then be returned to families.
“People from all over the state who wrote to me are very excited about the prospect of becoming a tree or having a different alternative for themselves,” state Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D) told NBC.
Pedersen is sponsoring a bill in the state’s legislature that would add recomposition to the list of options available for disposing of human remains.
Pedersen’s bill would also make Washington the 17th state to allow the dissolving of human remains by alkaline hydrolysis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/423347-washington-legislation-would-legalize-composting-human-remains
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