to me , my body is just a taxi , park it where ever ya may when i vacate it

but any who on with the news

http://www.livescience.com/65333-human-composting.html

Human Composting May Soon Be Legal in Washington State

By Laura Geggel April 26, 2019 Strange News

When a loved one dies, you typically get two choices for the human remains: Place the body in a coffin or cremate it into ashes. But now, another option may soon be possible — "natural organic reduction," also known as human composting — at least in Washington state.

The state legislature passed a bill regarding this new end-of-life practice on April 19, and it's now awaiting the signature of Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee. If he signs it, Washington will become the first state to allow human composting, which would become legal on May 1, 2020, according to the Associated Press.

The technique accelerates the decomposition process, turning bodies into soil within 4 to 7 weeks. The practice also has a smaller carbon footprint than cremation or burial, its supporters say. [After Death: 8 Burial Alternatives That Are Going Mainstream]

One of those supporters is Katrina Spade, the founder of Recompose, a company poised to help turn people into soil after they expire. Of note, human composting "is not a type of burial," Spade told Live Science. "It is a newly emerging form of human disposition, and it is an alternative to burial and to cremation."

Having more options is a good thing, she said.

"With cremation, you have the burning of fossil fuels and emission of carbon and mercury particulates into the atmosphere. With conventional burial, there is quite a carbon footprint from the manufacturer and transport of caskets, grave liners, and then the upkeep of cemeteries," Spade told King 5 News, a Washington news station. "So, you have those two options, and if people want those options, absolutely they need to remain. But recomposition uses about an eighth of the energy of cremation, and also has a significant carbon reduction thanks in part from the sequestration that happens of the materials during the process," she said, referring to the sequestration of the body's carbon underground.

Once a body is "composted" through this process, the end product is about a cubic yard (0.76 cubic meters) of soil, or about enough to fill two large wheelbarrows, the AP reported. Just like cremated remains, friends and family can choose to keep the soil in urns, repurpose it in a garden, or spread it on public land, as long as they comply with local laws.

The newly passed bill also approves the use of alkaline hydrolysis, or "water cremation," which is already legal in 19 other U.S. states. In this process, heat, pressure, water and chemicals such as lye are used to reduce bodies into fragments that, like cremated ashes, can be saved in urns or elsewhere, the AP reported.

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Hiya dat

Just curious ...Did they mention how they prevent infectious pathogens from spreading with decomposition ???

Yes, that was my concern too, infectious pathogens.
My first response upon reading this was that's a little eerie.

I think that's just because it's so unfamiliar to you. It might be a much more viable option for the planet, but I don't know if there would be any repercussions yet.

I am getting cremated anyway. So the world is safe from my poisonous body

hiya Blondey111
and no idea

I just want to clarify that I meant to type"that's unfamiliar, not unfamiliar to you.

My comment was addressed to the OP. I was saying human composting seemed a little eerie to me, but that's probably because it's unfamiliar to me. I

yeah i dont know
still not sure how the people that have yearly outtings with there dead are not infected
<shrug>

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2745169/Zombie-chic-Indonesian-village-Toraja-s-bizarre-annual-ritual-Ceremony-Cleaning-Corpses-MaiNene.html

i think the visitor would be more in trouble, then forth someone around it full time

people do some interesting things : )

what is normal to the spider, is chaos to the fly

That isn't how people are cremated. Yes, they do start the process with a gas flame, but after about 15-20 minutes, the burner is turned off. The body burns by itself with no outside fuel. After several hours, the remains are removed. What bones are left, get crushed, and the metal left is discarded. Then the remains put in a container, and the family does whatever with them.

People composted? What about the stink from a rotting body? Do us a favor- warn us, then point out detours.

make sense if composting is done right there is no bad smell it is part of nature everything goes back to the earth it about time someone relies that our body is not us only a emtie shell our soul has already move on let what belongs to nature go back to nature

I suspect, it'll be up to those left behind,
how my remains are disposed of.

well it does rank up there with make ya self a tree
<shrug>
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-mundi/index.html

The biodegradable burial pod that turns your body into a tree

By Paula Erizanu, CNN
Updated 4:29 AM ET, Thu January 11, 2018



Redrider1500 we can hope they would do it like they do the trash places , way out of smellen distance

Here is an update dat .. looks like the bill has been legalised and a company called recompose is set up to undertake the natural decompositions

http://amp.businessinsider.com/washington-state-human-compost-bodies-into-soil-2019-5

They also state that bodies with certain infectious conditions such as CJD and Ebola will be ineligible .

<shrug>
me body is just a taxi , do what ya want when i am out of it
and thanks for the update

Thanks for the info Dat, Blondey.
I wonder if it will become a thing in the UK one day.
I wouldn't mind a tree planting on my remains. It would be a good thing if that became popular. By all accounts the environment is struggling for want of a tree or two.

When I go, I'll probably be cremated but I'd prefer if someone dug a hole and planted a tree above it. I also like the idea of my ashes being converted into a gemstone

Reminds me of Amuse-Bouche (Hannibal).. though the bodies were not dead always check where your mushrooms are grown