Ashes to ashes... mankind to mulch?
Colma? Maybe, if you're lucky. It's getting pretty crowded down there and even in death, real estate in California is expensive, said Bob Achermann, executive director of the California Funerary Directors Association.
Terramation relies on oxygen and microbes that exist on the human body during life, not unlike a green bin in a backyard. The body is laid in a vessel filled with organic materials, like wood chips and straw, then sealed to begin the composting process. After about 60 days, the remains are transformed into about 1 cubic yard of soil.Micah Truman, CEO of Return Home, a Washington-based terramation service, was sold on the concept after it passed state legislature legalized in 2018.
At Purissima, the newly deceased can be buried in a full-body, biodegradable casket, have their ashes scattered at sea or have an artificial cement-and-ashes reef installed on the ocean floor. For Truman, human composting has appealed to a wider audience than he initially expected. He attributes this to the intimacy of the terramation burial. Unlike cremation, which is regulated to include only human remains, the less-regulated terramation process can accommodate more contact and material in the vessel with the deceased.
Purissima Cemetery dates back to the 1860’s, and is currently one of four green complete cemeteries serving the Bay Area. Originally based in New Jersey, Bixby sought to establish a green burial cemetery in the Bay, a place where he knew people were environmentally conscious and where burial space was becoming limited.
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