OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as 'natural organic reduction' — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks.
1 / 6In this Friday, April 19, 2019, photo Katrina Spade, the founder and CEO of Recompose, displays a sample of the compost material left from the decomposition of a cow, using a combination of wood chips, alfalfa and straw, as she poses in a cemetery in Seattle. Washington is set to become the first state to allow the burial alternative known as"natural organic reduction," that turns a body into soil in a matter of weeks. OLYMPIA, Wash.
The measure's sponsor, Democratic Sen. Jamie Pedersen of Seattle, said that the low environmental impact way to dispose of remains makes sense, especially in crowded urban areas. Pedersen said an entrepreneurial constituent whose study of the process became her master's thesis brought the idea to him.
Six human bodies — all donors who Spade said wanted to be part of this study — were reduced to dirt during a pilot project at Washington State University last year. The transformation from body to soil took between four and seven weeks, Spade said.
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