To date, 12 states have recognized “terramation” — the composting of human remains — as a legal means of final disposition.

Human composting. "So instead of being cremated and turned into ash, you're getting gently transformed into soil," Tom Harries, CEO and founder of Earth Funeral, explained Thursday on "CBS ...

California has already voted to legalize the composting of human remains in 2027, but some residents are not willing to wait that long. The Los Angeles Times wrote about California resident Blaire ...

According to Recompose, a human-composting company already in use in Washington, the process "requires one-eighth of the energy used in conventional burial or cremation" and saves "one metric ton ...

Legal changes made it possible Human composting became legal in Nevada at the start of this year with the passage of Assembly Bill 289. Washington, where Earth Funeral’s other office is located ...

Last year, Washington became the first state to legalize this practice of human composting. Katrina Spade, Recompose’s founder and chief executive officer, tells the BBC that compared with cremation ...

The process uses wood chips and straw and can turn a human body into ... and traditional burial takes up land and can pollute groundwater. Turning remains into compost, though, can bring ...

Parting Stone provides a more personalized, meaningful, and sustainable way to honor the departed. The world’s first human composting facility will let us recycle ourselves In life, we strive ...