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United States: New York State allows human composting

2023-01-02T07:52:31.851Z


This is the sixth American state to legalize this process, which remains prohibited in France. New York State became the sixth US state on Saturday December 31 to legalize human composting, after authorization from its Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul. This process, also called “ natural organic reduction ”, is presented as more responsible for the environment and consists in accelerating the decomposition of the body. The body is placed in a semi-open container. It is surrounded by wood s


New York State became the sixth US state on Saturday December 31 to legalize human composting, after authorization from its Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul.

This process, also called “

natural organic reduction

”, is presented as more responsible for the environment and consists in accelerating the decomposition of the body.

The body is placed in a semi-open container.

It is surrounded by wood shavings, alfalfa or straw, which promotes the action of microbes.

According to the

New York Post

, the box in which the body is located is connected to a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, allowing the bacteria to "

work

" in the best conditions.

The process initially takes 60 days, according to the

New York Post

.

Thirty days later, the contents of the box are analyzed and the remaining bones broken.

Another thirty days later, the remains in the container are returned to the family.

According to the

BBC

, this can be used to plant flowers, vegetables or trees.

An ecological process

For Katrina Spade, founder of Recompose, an eco-friendly funeral home in Seattle that offers human composting, quoted by

The Guardian

, “

Cremation uses fossil fuels and burial uses a lot of land and has a carbon footprint

.”

"

For a lot of people, being turned into land that can be turned into a garden or a tree has a huge impact

," she told The Associated Press.

Read alsoWhen the diapers of Parisian babies end up in compost

New York State is therefore the sixth US state to legalize this process.

Washington was first in 2019, followed by Colorado and Oregon in 2021 and then Vermont and California in 2022.

In France, this process remains prohibited.

Mentioned in 2016 by the then senator of the Rhône Élisabeth Lamure in a written question, the Ministry of the Interior replied that "

its introduction into domestic law would raise important questions, relating in particular to the lack of legal status of particles from this technique and its compatibility with article 16-1-1 of the Civil Code

”.

Source: lefigaro

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