'Human composting' is now an alternative to conventional burial and cremation in Washington state.
Katrina Spade, second from left, the founder and chief executive of Recompose, a company that hopes to use composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains, looks on Tuesday as Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill into law allowing"human composting." ,” an alternative to conventional burial and cremation that produces topsoil suitable for gardening.
Recompose plans to charge about $5,500, more than no-frills cremation and less than burial in a casket. The bill authorizing the practice passed Washington’s legislative chambers with bipartisan majorities. But the Catholic Church opposed the measure, maintaining that composting did not show sufficient respect for the deceased.
Nationally, many funeral businesses traditionally opposed cremation, but the practice of reducing bodies to ashes began gaining acceptance during the 1960s and now accounts for about half of dispositions.
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