Instead of burial and makeup in the US, the body is used as compost?

It is natural for living things to return to the soil. Now, even at funerals, the natural field that sprinkles the remains after cremation is attracting attention. However, it is true that there is still a preference for tombs, and even if you try to spray it on the ground, there are restrictions on where to sow.

In Washington, USA, there is a growing mood to push for the SB 5001-2019-20 (Concerning human remains) legislation. If allowed, a method of composting corpses may be legally established.

In this way, recompose, a Seattle-based utility company, offers a new alternative to coffin burial or cremation aimed at reducing natural organic matter. They have been working with lawmakers and scientists to conduct this research.

The body is placed in a temperature-controlled hexagonal column container with pieces of wood, straw, and gas, and is hydrolyzed with alkali, turning the body into a white powdery ash-like substance for several weeks. The bereaved family is said to be able to take some of this compost.

If allowed this method, the cost would be much cheaper than a cremation or casket shop. In addition, the company has a problem that the coffins used by humans for rituals and customs cannot return to nature, and the antiseptic solution has the potential to contaminate the groundwater, and the tombs must be physically present, which causes them to occupy the land. There is also the fact that carbon dioxide is released when manufacturing not only the tube but also the jar and the taste.

In the case of cremation, carbon dioxide and particulate matter can be released into the atmosphere, causing environmental pollution or global warming. Related information can be found here .