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Compost Human Bodies
Washington passes bill to become first state to compost human bodies
“We’re making about a cubic yard of soil per person,” the founder of the company Recompose said.
Finished materials from the human-body composting process. (Washington State University)
By Ben Guarino
April 26, 2019
“It may soon be legal for the dead to push daisies, or any other flower, in backyard gardens across Washington state. The state legislature recently passed a bill that, if signed by the governor, allows human bodies to be composted — and used for mulch.”
“I have a few friends at some of the assisted-living facilities here in Seattle,” Spade said, “and these folks are in their mid-80s saying: ‘Look, we want these options. … We care about the last gesture we leave on this earth.’ ”
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