This method is environmentally safer and more economical than cremation. Washington, Colorado, and Oregon already have experience using it. write Bloomberg Law.
During composting, the bodies of the dead will decompose in an accelerated mode. For this, they will use special containers with wood chips, alfalfa and straw, in which microbes and oxygen will turn the remains into compost over several weeks.
Recompose, a Washington-based burial company, estimates that human composting saves a metric ton of carbon dioxide compared to traditional burials or cremation.
A device in which human remains are stored for further composting. Photo: Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
Today, the Catholic Church opposed this law. Priests believe that the human body should be treated more respectfully.
“While not everyone shares the same beliefs about treating human remains with respect, we believe there are many New Yorkers who would be uncomfortable at best with this proposed composting method. It is more suitable for vegetables and eggshells than for human bodies," the Catholic mission said in a statement.
Read also
In the USA, instead of building blocks made of concrete, bricks made of microalgae will be used