Posted on 02/17/2020 3:58:58 PM PST by southern rock
A US firm has given scientific details of its "human composting" process for environmentally friendly funerals. A pilot study on deceased volunteers showed that soft tissue broke down safely and completely within 30 days. The firm, Recompose, claims that its process saves more than a tonne of carbon, compared to cremation or traditional burial. It says that it will offer the world's first human composting service in Washington state from next February. Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Recompose's chief executive and founder, Katrina Spade, said that concerns about climate change had been a big factor in so many people expressing interest in the service.
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Ok...but what about the vultures?
Katrina Spade? Come ON! That’s funny.
I(f I recall correctly, certain of the Plains Indians did not bury their dead immediately, but put them on elevated platforms and let them decompose in the wind, only taking down the hard remains after several months, and burying them with the symbols of the life honors they had gained in their lifetimes. This was by no means a universal practice, and I am not even sure all these elements were present. But I have seen dozens of Indian burial mounds, and some practices are consistent with a belief in a “spirit world”.
Big Funeral joins the ranks of powerful industries that may soon become either extinct or fully chopped up and separated.
Other such industries include;
Big Sugar, Big Oil, Big Corn, Big Porn, Big Pharmacy,
Big Dairy, Big Social Media, Big Public Schools,
Big Prisons, Big Government Housing.
Coins on their eyes viewings; been to one of those. This was a private residence.
I’m thinking it’s not the first...what about those above ground cemeteries in New Orleans? They usually have quite a few names on the marker.
Does anyone know how much it’s gonna cost me to rot “in a respectful manner”? It’s been my experience every time someone mentions “environment” it’s gonna cost me a ton (solar panels, ‘nuff said).
I thought that by dying I was fulfilling my duties to “the environment”. But now I find that Maoists want to desecrate my remains as well.
Man those are UGLY tomatoes. What did you use for fertilizer?
My mother in law
It works in New Orleans because of the extreme heat. 30 days in one of those things and nothing is left not even bones.
Look up kuru disease.
Sounds something like a Zoroastrians sky burial because they considered both earth and fire sacred, so couldn’t bury or burn bodies.
I find this to be anything but desecration. Desecration is embalming, slapping make-up on the body, stitching eyes and lips closed, A gaudy, finished casket...
Sprinkle my ashes on the tomato patch.. then yall can EAT ME
Yes, it is a much more civilized tradition.
Strikes me that you are talking about 'late abortion'. Very popular in New York State, or at least for its governor. He should try it himself, as soon as possible. Then he can pioneer this composting as well!
“If a person dies from “Mad Cow Disease”...they have to be buried, AFAIK.”
You should know better.
Yuppers and you would still be carbon.
Yuppers and you would still be carbon.
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