Delaware bill to legalize human composting moves to governor's desk

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The Delaware legislature has approved legislation that would allow residents to compost dead bodies instead of traditional burial in a casket or cremation.

In undated this artist’s rendition provided by Recompose, a Recompose site, where people can opt to have their remains composted, is shown. The process would use wood chips, alfalfa and straw, with natural decomposition accelerated when the body is placed …

The legislation now goes to the desk of Gov. John Carney, a Democrat, after the Delaware Senate’s 14-7 vote Thursday and the state House’s 37-2 approval in January. The practice is legal in Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, California, New York and Nevada, according to the Associated Press.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.

 

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