masses in Washington state may soon have a raw alternative to prefer from when be after their burial wish . AsThe Seattle Timesreports , a broadsheet that would legitimize human composting has passed the state ’s Senate and House of Representatives , and now it ’s waiting on concluding approval from the regulator .
Human composting is what it fathom like : Instead of being cremated or pumped with embalming chemicals and buried in a coffin , citizenry can elect to have their corpses pose in the solid ground where microbe break them down naturally and convert them into soil . The processhappensinside special reusable , hexangular " recomposition vessels " especially designed for the urban environment . Bill 5001 [ PDF ] also covers alkaline hydrolysis or " fluid cremation , " a procedure in which human remains are place in a solution of water and lye to gradually decompose . Alkaline hydrolysis is already legal in15 states , but if Washington approves the bill , it will become the first province to allow human composting .
Proponents of so - called " organic reducing " say it ’s more eco - well-disposed than traditional burying methods . Nutrients in the body help aliment life , and no chemical substance or materials are summate to the soil that will stay there for hundreds of years . It ’s also about $ 2000 cheaper than traditional burial method .
The bill passed 80 - 16 in the House and 36 - 11 in the Senate . Governor Jay Inslee is expected to make a determination on the lawmaking presently , and if he bless it into legal philosophy , it will take effect on May 1 , 2020 .
Human composting , or recomposing , is just one eco - friendly post - life plan . Some otheroptionsinclude feeding stay to piranha and swallow a body in a head - to - toe suit lined with mushroom spores .
[ h / tThe Seattle Times ]
