Citizens of the State of Colorado in the United States would
soon be permitted to have their bodies turned into composite after death if a
2020 bill passes according to a report on The
Denver Post.
The report suggested that Democrat lawmakers, Rep. Brianna
Titone, and Sen. Robert Rodriguez, were introducing the option for “natural
organic reduction” after death. There is a suggestion that the choice would be environmentally
sustainable and cost around US$5000.
The method suggests that a person’s body would be placed in
a vessel with wood chips, lucerne and straw, and then microbes would decompose
the body and bones over 30 days into nutrient-rich soil that families can take
home or donate. The metal and non-organics found in a person’s body would then
be screened out.
Compositing has been suggested to be better for the
environment than a burial, which leads to chemicals leaching into the ground
and takes up more space, and cremation, which uses fossil fuels and releases
carbon monoxide.
The Catholic Church opposed a similar bill in the State of
Washington because officials wanted more time to review it. Washington State
University conducted a study in 2018 declaring compositing safe and effective.
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