Posted on 03/02/2021 9:27:52 AM PST by Libloather
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A bill before the Oregon Legislature would make it the second state to allow human composting as an alternative to traditional burial or cremation.
House bill 2574, sponsored by Reps. Pam Marsh and Brian L. Clem, would allow bodies to be disposed of by alternative processes, including natural organic reduction - an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks, KOIN reported.
It also clarifies rules surrounding alkaline hydrolysis, known as aqua cremation, and extends other funeral industry privileges and responsibilities to include natural organic reduction.
A public hearing for the bill was set for Monday afternoon in the House Committee on Business and Labor.
Almost 100 people had submitted written testimony as of Monday morning, overwhelmingly in support of the bill. Most cited environmental reasons for their desire to be composted. Cremation uses more energy than composting and traditional burial involves harsh chemicals and takes up land.
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So this is saying they are trying to soil themselves?
Burial Without a Casket
What are your options?
If you are considering or are already in the process of planning your burial in advance, it’s possible that you’ve wondered whether you or your loved one can be buried without a casket. It’s a logical question with some conflicting answers online. Here at BurialPlanning.com, we pride ourselves on being the funeral and burial planning experts, and have created this page to help you understand your options.
So, can you be buried in the ground without a casket? The short answer in most scenarios is no. But those other scenarios is why this question is so complicated. Let’s try to break it down.
One alternative is a natural burial. Instead of a traditional casket, a person is buried in eco-friendly, biodegradable material. Otherwise, people who choose to be buried without a casket most commonly do so for one for three reasons: religious, financial, or environmental.
I used to be very much opposed to this and similar ideas, mainly because it was not the traditional burial I was brought up to expect.
Now, I am open to considering such methods.
I won’t be here anyway. Only my discarded vessel would remain. We are running out of available open land that could be used for other things. Housing, hospitals, schools, places of worship. Also, traditional burial can be quite expensive. One can always have a Memorial Service later on.
I am fine not placing inert substances underground that won’t be of biologic benefit to the earth. Rotting wood cloth and metal.
I would never spend a lot of energy trying to convince someone to take a look at other burial methods.
That’s an extremely personal project. It’s not my business unless someone were to directly ask my opinion. People should make it known ahead of time what they prefer.
I am okay with cremation, mixing the ashes with soil, then planting a low maintenance tree or flowering bush.
Their elected officials are already ROTTEN!
It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent’s fritters.
I like the idea of just being buried somewhere where I can be reused by nature. No embalming, no burning, let whatever critters care to do so use up this flesh when I don’t need it anymore.
Maybe I’ll see if a winegrower friend can just plant me under a grapevine.
I would prefer to be put up in the fork of a tree deep
in the forest, where the birds of the sky and the critters
of the land can have my flesh but it’s hard to get a permit
for that sort of thing, either that or leave my body by
the side of the trail as a warning to others...
Just try and get a permit for THAT!!!
Serial killers been doing it for years!
Sounds like a Vulture’s Delight in the making.
They’re not too fussy, so long as you’re dead.
OMG!!!!! Progressives have taken back to the STONE AGE!
“human composting”
crude way to say a natural process burial. Like it has been done for millenia.
Wrap up the deceased, put ‘em in a hole in the ground, plant some flowers. Much better than a few thousand for embalming and caskets.
Ashes to ashes (Meat to Worms more like it) and all that stuff is a good thing.
A friend of mine (retired dentist, former research chemist) is all for this and is planning on having himself composted once he goes.
I think it’s odd but if that’s what he wants, more power to him. It’s not like he’s using the body anymore.
Remember, we HAVE a body, we ARE a soul. The body is merely a temporary container.
So glad Leftists think mortal remains have the same value as a banana peel.
Burial is a process for the survivors
Maybe I’ll see if a winegrower friend can just plant me under a grapevine.
Or spread your ashes in the vineyard before the winter rains beside/on top of your favorite grape for wine.
Just try and get a permit for THAT!!!
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So why are you concerned about getting a permit anyway?
early Christians in the Roman catacombs would let bodies decay in limestone tombs, then take out the bones
Don't Jews sort of do this already? Just asking.
I have no problem with this if it’s a cheaper option.
Paid for a funeral & burial services in December. Had the plot and a marker. Didn’t use funeral home services other than for taking care of body. No viewing, only had small graveside service for family. Bought a casket from Costco for $1800 less than their cheapest option.
$15,500. Extortion if you ask me. Would have been closer to $25k if we didn’t have plot and marker.
After I am done with my body I could care less what happens to it.
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