There are typically two ways to say goodbye to a loved one: burial or cremation. But in Washington state, there will soon be a third option. (via hereandnow)
Katrina Spade, the founder and CEO of Recompose, displays a sample of the compost material left from the decomposition of a cow, using a combination of wood chips, alfalfa and straw, as she poses in a cemetery in Seattle.
Human composting was first developed by Katrina Spade when she was studying architecture at UMass Amherst. Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, a Washington-based human composting company, researched the idea further with Washington State University's crop and soil sciences department. For the last few years, she has been working with state agencies to ensure the safety of the procedure. It will cost about $5,000, she says — far less than most burials.
"For some, it was a way to ... give back whatever nutrients we have in our bodies when we die, even if it's just a little bit, rather than burn that nutrient up or bury it in the ground," she says."The idea of being able to give it back to this planet that supports us our whole lives — I think it was a little bit of that."
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