California legalises human composting bill against opposition by Catholic bishops
United StatesRNS The process of converting bodies into soil is now legal in California after Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill that will allow human composting in the Golden State. Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis have been the only death care choices available in California. Beginning in 2027, human composting, or natural organic reduction, will […]
In the US, California again seeks to pass human composting bill as Catholic bishops oppose it
United StatesRNS Seeking to legalise the process of converting bodies into soil, a California legislator is attempting, once again, to pass a bill that would allow human composting in the Golden State. Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis are the only death care choices available in California, and proponents say the new bill, AB 351, “offers […]
Amid Catholic opposition, US states are legalising composting of human remains
RNS Washington, Colorado and Oregon are now among the US states that have legalised the process of converting human bodies into soil, a procedure the Catholic Church said fails to show “respect for the body of the deceased”. Meanwhile, California and New York are seeking to be next in line to allow human composting. The […]
After death: First human-composting funeral home in US is now open in the state of Washington
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on the opening of the first human-composting funeral home in Washington and the push for the practice, controversial for some, to be legalised in California…
Amid land crunch, US state legalises human composting
Washington, DCThomson Reuters Foundation It saves space, cuts emissions and feeds plants – now human composting may go mainstream after Washington became the first US state to legalise the transformation of human remains to nurturing soil. The bill passed by wide margins and was signed into law on Tuesday by Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, […]
DEATH: IN THE US, COMPOSTING MAY OFFER THE LATEST OPTION IN GREEN BURIALS
TRACEY SIMMONS, of Religion News Service, looks at the emerging option for having one’s body composted after death…