You may have heard of environmentally friendly options for funerals and burials, but not everyone is familiar with human composting.

Opponents of the proposed rule largely argued against the unknown risks of soil made from human remains. Andrew Anderson, ...

A bill that would legalize human composting, also known as natural organic reduction, as an alternative to other burial ...

Have you ever heard of human composting? A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill during the current legislative session that ...

Utah may soon be the 13th state to legalize “natural organic reduction,” or human composting, as an alternative, lower-cost and eco-friendly way to bury the dead. Sen. Jen Plumb, D-Salt Lake City, is ...

The trial, run by Seattle-based company Recompose, the first-ever human composting company, set out to test the effectiveness of its technique and ensure that the resulting soil product met ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah may soon be the 13th state to legalize "natural organic reduction," or human composting, as an alternative, lower-cost and eco-friendly way to bury the dead. Sen.

Human composting turns bodies into soil by speeding up “what happens on the forest floor,” according to Tom Harries, CEO of Earth Funeral, the human composting company the Muckenhoupt family ...

“Composting is the human version of re-creating what Mother Nature does out in the wild”: mixing together organic materials to facilitate healthy decomposition, says Rebecca Louie, founder of ...

“With the opening of our new West Coast facility, we can now help even more people discover human composting and make the best, most sustainable end-of-life decision for them.” Legal changes ...

Then starts the two-month-long decomposition process before it becomes compost. About 1,500 tons of organic waste are delivered to the facility every day, including what’s generated by Mountain ...