Delaware Legislature Passes Bill to Legalize Composting Human Bodies
The Delaware legislature has passed a bill to legalize the composting of human bodies.
The bill explains that composting human remains “uses large vessels to hold human remains together with straw, wood chips, or other natural materials for about 30 days.”
Supporters of human composting argue that it is an “environmentally sustainable and cost-effective alternative” to traditional burial and cremation.
According to a report from the Washington Times, “Those who died from a radiological accident or incident, those with radioactive implants and those who died infected with prion disease, Ebola, tuberculosis or any other disease that could survive the composting process will not be legally compostable.”
The Delaware House approved the bill 37-2 in January,
