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Blue State Becomes the 6th to Approve Composting With Human Remains


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New York has become the 6th U.S. state to legalize composting human bodies as a method of burial.

The practice, also called “natural organic reduction,” has the body decompose over several weeks after being shut in a container.

It’s promoted as an ‘environmentally friendly’ alternative to a burial or cremation.

BBC provided further details on the process of human composting:

The process happens in special above-ground facilities.

A body is put in a closed vessel along with selected materials such as woodchips, alfalfa and straw grass, and gradually breaks down under the action of microbes.

After a period of around a month – and a heating process to kill off any contagion – loved ones are given the resulting soil. This can be used in planting flowers, vegetables or trees.

One US firm, Recompose, has said its service can save a tonne of carbon compared with a cremation or a traditional burial.

So, let’s get this straight.

It’s legal to use human remains to plant flowers, vegetables, or trees.

All in the name of ‘climate change.’

Unsurprisingly, the practice has gained a foothold in several blue states.

Washington state was the first to legalize human composting in 2019.

Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, California, and now New York have followed the initiative.

The New York Post reported:

New York state Assembly Member Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) and state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), co-sponsored the bill to legalize human composting as part of measures the state is putting in place to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050.

One critic blasted the policy as ‘inherently evil.’



 

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