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April 23, 2019

State set to allow human composting

OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington is set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as “natural organic reduction” — an accelerated process of decomposition that turns a body into soil in a matter of weeks.

The bill legalizing the process, sometimes referred to as human composting, has passed the Legislature and is headed to the desk of Gov. Jay Inslee.


 
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