Washington state is on the verge of becoming the first in the US to allow humans to be turned into compost, amid demand for sustainable and 'positive' funeral services environment
Washington state is on the verge of becoming the first in the US to allow humans to be turned into compost, amid a surge in demand for sustainable and "positive" funeral services.
Inslee's spokeswoman Jaime Smith said that, while the Governor's office was still reviewing the bill, "this seems like a thoughtful effort to soften our footprint" on the earth. Pedersen said that the same laws that apply to scattered cremated remains apply to the soil: relatives can keep the soil in urns, use it to plant a tree on private property or spread it on public land in the state as long as they comply with existing permissions regarding remains.
Katrina Spade, the founder and chief executive of Recompose, was a graduate student in architecture at University of Massachusetts Amherst when she came up with the idea - modelling it on a practice farmers have used for decades to dispose of livestock. Spade said that she did not want to replace cremation or burial, but instead to offer a meaningful alternative that is also environmentally friendly.
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