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Howard Fischer, a 63-year old investor living north of New York City, has a wish for when he dies. Maybe his composted remains could be planted outside the family home in Vermont, or maybe they ...
Story at a glance California has joined Washington, Colorado, Vermont and Oregon in legalizing the composting of human remains. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law this week that directs ...
It was Garcia's third attempt to approve human composting in California after previous attempts failed in 2020 and 2021. Her office said for every person who is composted versus buried or cremated ...
In the United States, human composting has been legalized in six states: Washington, [19] Colorado, [20] Vermont (from 1 January 2023), [21] Oregon, [22] California (in 2027), [23] [24] and New York. [25] The first such composting facility, based in Kent, Washington, accepted bodies in December 2020. [26] It developed from an earlier composting ...
English: A map representing which states in the US have legalized human composting, a funeral process by which human remains are converted into fertilizer by natural action of microbes. Date 1 January 2023
Though human composting was common before modern burial practices and in some religious traditions, contemporary society has tended to favor other disposition methods. However, cultural attention to concerns like sustainability and environmentally friendly burial has led to a resurgence in interest in direct composting of human bodies. [3]
Human composting passed the House, but has made no progress in the Senate, after a spirited debate about choice and dignity.
Other towns and cities soon followed suit, and today many cities in the United States make recycling a requirement. In 1987, the Mobro 4000 barge hauled garbage from New York to North Carolina; where it was denied. It was then sent to Belize, where it was denied as well. Finally, the barge returned to New York and the garbage was incinerated.