The Denver Post
A dummy covered in plant material rests on a cradle in front of an open vessel at the Recompose facility in Kent, Washington.
Photo courtesy Recompose
Colorado is a couple of votes and one signature away from joining only Washington state in offering people the option to turn their human bodies into pounds of soil after death. It uses little energy and would cost about as much a cremation, but it would take some time for funeral homes or crematories to implement before Coloradans could use it.
If SB21-006 seems familiar, that’s because it didn’t make it through the session last year because of COVID, so sponsors decided to bring it back. They have company in other states, with California, Oregon and New York also considering human composting this year.
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The state of Colorado is just a couple of votes and one signature away from offering its people the option to turn their human bodies into pounds of soil after death.
Based on the Centennial State s bill that has already passed one legislative chamber, it would legalize human composting to give people an option for the natural reduction burying method.
According to The Independent, the said process involves a body being placed inside a cradle then into a vessel over a bed of alfalfa, wood chips, and straw.
After removing non-organic materials such as prosthetic implants, the body would stay inside a greenhouse-like facility for a span of 30 days as it transforms into soil. When the process is complete, a body could create one cubic yard or several hundred pounds of soil.