State of Washington now allows human body composting

[Value Buy]

First in the nation!
As strange as this sounds, I am sure this will eventually catch on.
I admit it will take Value Buy a few years to get used to this.

www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2019-05-21/washington-is-1st-state-to-allow-composting-of-human-bodies
I wonder if this means we stop putting headstones on valuable real estate too, and we just look up on a computer where great great grandma was spread.

[NastyWoman]

Sounds good to me

[dondub]

Yeah! Now will they allow me to be buried in my organic garden?

[Deleted]

I always thought it was ridiculous we think of ourselves as such special snowflakes deserving a spot in the ground to rot in a vault. What a waste of space and resources.

This idea to me makes sense.

[djAdvocate]

May 22, 2019 13:12:05 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Ashes to ashes....

funk to funky.

[haapai]

to sweet-smelling black stuff.  The process will take a couple of weeks, and I don't want to be around for the first few turnings.

I read the article carefully and am surprised that there isn't a grinding step involved.  Were folks just being delicate or is it possible to do this without either grinding the body at the beginning or the larger bones at the end? 

[thyme4change]

Embalming is so freaking gross. I have told my husband to not embalm me. Just cremate me. If I have to be in a box, just get one of the cardboard ones they use for homeless people. I would love to be composted and finally contribute something to this planet.