The green option, also called “natural organic reduction,” transforms a body into nutrient-dense soil in just a few weeks.

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Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation. New Jersey resident Jayme Strasburger chose to compost her mother ...

New Jersey is living up to its nickname even in death. The Garden State approved a bill that legalizes human composting, an alternative to traditional burials in which a corpse is transformed into ...

This green approach avoids the release of smoke from cremation and the leaking of fluids from burying embalmed bodies.

Lansing — The popularity of a cheaper and environmentally friendly burial alternative is rising in the U.S., but Michigan has yet to legalize it. Human composting transforms the body into soil, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy ...

A new end-of-life option is taking root in Georgia. Governor Brian Kemp recently signed a bill that legalizes human composting in the state. Supporters say it's a more eco-friendly alternative to ...

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

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