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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: 2) by janrinok on Saturday May 25 2019, @06:43AM
I'm not lying. However, I am guilty as charged on 2 earlier stories. One of the bots (Arthur the Bot) that we use is written by myself. In a recent update (from version 3 to 4) the automatic removal of local links on phys.org submissions had a bug and didn't complete the processing properly. This was not identified until after the earlier stories had been released. It was subsequently fixed and now functions as intended again (I hope!).