Washington State Bill Proposes ‘Composting’ of Human Corpses
Senate Bill 5001, titled “Concerning human remains,” would allow for human composting, also known as “recomposition” in Washington, local KIRO-TV reported.
According to Spade, human composting involves covering the dead body with natural materials, such as straw or wood chips, which leads to accelerated decomposition over the course of three to seven weeks.
Families would have first dibs on the resulting “soil,”
Well, no.... The result is NOT edible, and I would not put it in my vegetable garden. The compost might be suitable in a a flower garden but would you really want to do that?
I know of one Church that does “incorporate” cremated remains the church garden and places a plaque in a Collumbarium with the deceased name and dates. This is not the same thing as composting your corpse in a forest.