Human Composting Is Now a Thing

The ultimate green burial? Human composting lets you replenish the ...

Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, ...

Human Composting: How it Works and Where It's Legal - WebMD

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law on New Year's Eve of 2022. Other states are currently in the process of passing legislation to ...

Recompose | Human Composting | Full-Service Funeral Home

Recompose is a green funeral home specializing in human composting. Learn more about our services and custom ceremony offerings.

Human composting,' already legal in 6 states, could help the planet

Seattle-based Recompose, the country's first-ever human composting facility, helps human bodies turn back into soil. Recompose. When Michelle ...

Human Composting as a New Death Care Alternative (Updated 2024)

Human composting is an accelerated method of human decomposition. It is scientifically referred to as Natural Organic Reduction (NOR).

Our Model - Recompose

Recompose developed the process of human composting to transform human remains into soil. This soil can then be used to regenerate the earth that supports us ...

Human Composting Is Now a Thing - FindLaw

The “green burial" movement has gained traction in the last few years as consumers look for less costly and more environmentally friendly ways to end their ...

Here's where human composting is legal, and the states still ...

It was the state of Washington that first legalized human composting — otherwise referred to as natural organic reduction — in 2019. Since then, ...

Human composting - Wikipedia

Human composting is a process for the final disposition of human remains in which microbes convert a deceased body into compost. It is also called natural ...

Dying harms the planet. So CA legalized human composting - KCRW

Body disposition can have a major environmental impact. That's partly why 12 states and counting have legalized human composting in the past ...

Human composting: not "green" and harms human dignity

Green burials, which respect both the person and the environment, already are legal in Maryland. Green burials can take different forms, but ...

New York approves composting of human bodies - BBC

New York has become the latest US state to allow so-called human composting. A person can now have their body turned into soil after their death.

Human Composting Gains Traction Across the U.S. - Newsweek

Also known as natural organic reduction, human composting is an emerging alternative to a traditional burial that speeds up the decomposition ...

Human composting: The rising interest in natural burial - YouTube

Natural organic reduction, more simply known as human composting, is a natural process that transforms the body into soil. It has become a ...

Why some people are opting for human composting, an alternative ...

First legalized in Washington state in 2019, the process is now also legal in Colorado, Oregon, Vermont and California. Some people opt for a ...

How human composting could reduce death's carbon footprint | CNN

Human composting — also known as natural organic reduction or the reduction of human remains — is the practice of placing a dead body in a ...

Now You Can Compost Human Bodies Too | Sierra Club

During the NOR process, a corpse's remains—not unlike your banana peels and coffee grounds—are broken down in a cylinder alongside organic ...

A New Dawn in Nevada: The Legalization of Human Composting

Human composting is now legal in Washington, Colorado, Oregon ... As with all new things, there will be a transition period as the funeral ...

Human Composting Is Legal in New York but May Take Time to Sprout

Eggshells, apple cores and lawn trimmings aren't the only things that can be composted — human bodies can be, too. ... For now, composting human ...

Inside one of the world's first human composting facilities - The Verge

This is natural organic reduction — better known as human composting — the first truly new form of final disposition developed in decades ...