Title: It’s now legal to compost humans in Washington state
Post by: Oliver Clotheshoffe on January 19, 2021, 09:47:54 AM
Post by: Oliver Clotheshoffe on January 19, 2021, 09:47:54 AM
Walt Patrick slowly rolls a giant wooden spool-shaped cradle back and forth. Inside, a human body is gradually being turned into compost, one of the first licensed "natural organic reductions" to be performed in the entire country.
"This is simply another option at a time when people feel they have no options," Patrick said. "You know, death has intervened and changed your life forever. How can you do something at least to make it the way you want?"
Patrick is the senior steward at Herland Forest, a natural burial cemetery and nonprofit research center located north of the Columbia River Gorge in Klickitat County, Washington. Natural organic reduction (NOR) has given them a second way to return bodies to the land.
In 2019, Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains. Advocates say composting is a greener alternative to cremation because it uses less energy. It's also the only legal way for Washingtonians to be laid to rest on their own property, albeit in the form of mulch.
The new law took effect in 2020.
Title: Re: It’s now legal to compost humans in Washington state
Post by: cc on January 19, 2021, 12:42:01 PM
Post by: cc on January 19, 2021, 12:42:01 PM
Title: Re: It’s now legal to compost humans in Washington state
Post by: Oliver Clotheshoffe on January 19, 2021, 12:46:51 PM
Post by: Oliver Clotheshoffe on January 19, 2021, 12:46:51 PM
Hi Oliver. Interesting, but I don't think I'd like that done very mulch
It will grow on you
Title: Re: It’s now legal to compost humans in Washington state
Post by: Anonymous on January 19, 2021, 12:48:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 19, 2021, 12:48:18 PM
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Walt Patrick slowly rolls a giant wooden spool-shaped cradle back and forth. Inside, a human body is gradually being turned into compost, one of the first licensed "natural organic reductions" to be performed in the entire country.
"This is simply another option at a time when people feel they have no options," Patrick said. "You know, death has intervened and changed your life forever. How can you do something at least to make it the way you want?"
Patrick is the senior steward at Herland Forest, a natural burial cemetery and nonprofit research center located north of the Columbia River Gorge in Klickitat County, Washington. Natural organic reduction (NOR) has given them a second way to return bodies to the land.
In 2019, Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains. Advocates say composting is a greener alternative to cremation because it uses less energy. It's also the only legal way for Washingtonians to be laid to rest on their own property, albeit in the form of mulch.
The new law took effect in 2020.https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/humans-now-being-legally-composted-in-washington-state/
Title: Re: It’s now legal to compost humans in Washington state
Post by: Frood on January 19, 2021, 12:56:30 PM
Post by: Frood on January 19, 2021, 12:56:30 PM
Hi Oliver. Interesting, but I don't think I'd like that done very mulch
Hi Oliver. Interesting, but I don't think I'd like that done very mulch
It will grow on youac_smile
Can we put this to