May 25, 2019 - Washington state just became the first in the US to legalize human composting, an alternative to traditional burial and cremation methods.
When Americans die, most are buried or cremated. Washington could soon become the first state to allow another option: human composting. The novel approach, known as “recomposition,” involves placing bodies in a vessel and hastening their decomposition into a nutrient-dense soil that can then be returned to families.
