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Washington becomes first US state to legalise human composting
Washington has become the first state in the US to legalise human composting.
Under the new law, people there can now choose to have their body turned into soil after their death.
The process is seen as an alternative to cremations and burials, and as a practical option in cities where land for graveyards is scarce.
At the end of the composting, loved ones are given the soil, which they can use in planting flowers, vegetables or trees.
Grow vegetables using human compost from loved one, despair as pests eat all of it.
Previously: 'Urban Death Project' Proposes to Compost the Dead
Washington Could Become the First State to Compost the Dead
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(Score: 1, Flamebait) by VLM on Friday May 24 2019, @11:19PM (1 child)
I'd worry more about diseases like from the old pre civil engineering days.
More like "Grow veggies using the previous owners dirt-grannie, despair as your family dies of cholera"
Another fun one for snowflakes to consider, what if some extremely politically correct vegetarian (you know what I mean) gets turned into dirt thats turned into corn thats turned into cow that I eat? Turning your back yard into a cemetery has its complications.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Saturday May 25 2019, @01:50AM
I have about a dozen dead cats buried in my back yard... Each with a pretty plant rooted in the same hole along with my deceased loved one.
Its my way of remembering the joy of companionship the animal shared with me.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]