California has become the latest state to allow a new eco-friendly burial method called “human composting” where deceased loved ones can be turned into healthy soil. NBC News’ Kristen Dahlgren reports on how companies are offering this non-traditional service that is slightly less expensive than a casket funeral while saving one metric ton of carbon from entering the atmosphere.
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39 Comments
How can this possibly be controversial?
Is this Jordan Schlankys human soil? 😂
Watch the movie:
THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
I wonder if this is what happens?
And it's now legal in Maryland
Disgusting,no respect for the dead,sorry,this is terrible,satanic world we are living in!
Leave it to the catholics to have a backward and asinine view on this process.
YOU PUT WEED KILLER ON YOUR LAWN. THEN YOU DECIDE TO GROW A GARDEN WHERE YOU SPRAYED THE WEED POISONING. GUESS WHAT ? YOUR EATING THE POISON. WHEN YOU EAT YOUR VEGETABLES.
BESIDES THAT ? ONLY THE OLIGARCHS WHO ACTUALLY CONTROLS OUR GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. WILL PRODUCE CO2 FROM HEATING THEIR BIG MASIONS, FLY ON THEIR PRIVATE JET, USE THEIR BIG YACHTS, AND KEEP SHOOTING SPACE ROCKETS IN SPACE.
YEP, KEEP BELIEVING IN YOUR OPPRESSORS THAT LIED TO YOU. LIKE THE 2020 VAX. YOUR SLOWLY LOSING YOUR FREEDOMS. BUT NOT THE TRUE RULERS OF THIS WORLD. WHAT OUR OPPRESSORS TELL US TO DO LIKE TRAINED MONKEES. THEY DON'T DO. BUT DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR PEOPLE ? KEEP VOTING IN YOUR SAME OPPRESSORS FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS.
A ONE WORLD ORDER IS FORMING.
What is the secret of return home…?
Some dummies on here think this is okay eventually you can go get a bag of human compost to grow your cabbages i can see this being a defence for serial killers it's only compost officer
Some dummies on here think this is okay eventually you can go get a bag of human compost to grow your cabbages i can see this being a defence for serial killers it's only compost officer
It only natural for a human to join the circle of life ,to return to the soil but unnatural to purpose a body to who only future purpose in death is to become plant food the science is plausible but it is still morirey wrong for a Christian to feed off a dead body in which food is grown if he is truly Christian, vegans will have to face the fact that there eating a product derived from meat and bottom line welcome to future predicted in sci fi the open door to our future of cannibalism this only the beginning the new norm ,next sci fi predicted straight to the dinner table after the trip to a processing plant and then on store shelves near you
This is how a friend of family was buried.? It was this place actually. Not sure that is what i want for myself but it's an idea for me to think about. It was a sudden death and he was young. Rest in peace Mikey. It's only been about 30 days for him. I don't think he's"ready". 😢
I believe it is a natural and normal way to be buried… According to the Catholic/Christian book/Bible we should be buried. The body is earth, the spirit/soul/energy, whatever you believe or call it is what returns to a Creator/ God??..
What happens to the bones, do they really disintegrate? Also I feel I cannot believe this could be done in just 30 days. I have reasons for saying this. I wish we had this in the UK, I would love this for myself and y family. Turned into lovely rich soil, it is a beautiful thing.
Maryland needs to get on board
Compost used in gardens do not use dead flesh of any kind. What kinds of diseases can be spread this way as many humans die from cancer and other diseases.
Is this available in Europe 🇪🇺
😢 what you going to Use your mother or love one's As a Compost okay we have a lot of Sin and we are weak But this is too much So disrespectful.
There is no way a body decomposes that fast, they are adding something to decompose that fast.a process we’re human remains are composted and scattered, in a designated area, or garden, fails to sufficiently respect the dignity due to the deceased, I don’t even think people would find decomposing suitable for a pet, let alone a human. Animals that die on are farm are buried and decomposed , not humans.
This is totally wrong, the body, should at least be in a biodegradable container, not just buried in a cloth, and then the remains used for fertilizer, totally wrong.
Use your loved ones soil remains to plant a garden in your yard dedicated to them.
Embalming should be illegal. I don’t care what excuses they give oh, you’re in a cement coffin so the chemicals won’t leak into the soil. Everything is fine just another way to make money and poison our earth at the same time.
I would love to live in a world where our forest or our cemetery each tree represents where a persons organic soil has been scattered so each tree is a different person. The trees would be marked, and the benefits would be outstanding, larger and larger forest, as life goes on
Just goes to show you that the Catholic Church thinks more like a corrupt government. You think them being so close to the Lord they be with the natural ways I hate this fake world we live in and thank you to the companies that are getting us closer to the way, things are supposed to be.
She could turn her mamma into roses now!
If the soil created from the remains goes to planting a tree I could accept that. I would much rather visit the tree that was given life by my loved one versus a stone coming out of the ground.
Your body was made from the food you ate and it is going back. Dignity is for the spirit not a corpse.
What could possibly be more dignified? The church is crazy.
there is something, in us that wants to return, to the earth….interesting……there is a text that the Diety is speaking to a human, and the expression is you are from dust, and to dust you shall return..hmmm….
The Catholic Church opposes this?!
Animals like crocodiles or hyenas could be another alternative to break the body down into usable materials and the animals also get to utilize the nutrients.
Catholic church will definitely oppose it ,no doubt ,because for them ,around the world its business. Thats how the church earn money .Any wonder anything good to humanity ,do you think church will ever agree? never
The Church is against it because they won't profit off of it. The Church makes lots of money by having the traditional type of funerals, including selling plots. This is a whole industry that profits them, but of course they will make it sound as though their concerns are about "respect" or "dignity" or something other than their real concerns.
The Catholic Church owns land, and makes money off of your burial. They don’t approve of this new method because it would hurt their bottom line. Also, isn’t it weird to think that there is possibly nothing but dead people as soil growing your food products?
I already told my hunny when this tome comes I want this..
Omg the church is so ridiculous. Who are you to dictate how someone chooses to have their remains handled or a loved ones.
Ahh no.
You could just bury the body in your backyard. Probably would look suspicious though.
Yeah and they dump it in water supply yummy