Washington could be the first state to allow human composting, according to a report from NBC News.
State Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, has sponsored a bill to expand options for disposing of human remains.
“People from all over the state who wrote to me are very excited about the prospect of becoming a tree or having a different alternative for themselves,” Pedersen told NBC News.
Recomposition involves putting human bodies in a vessel to speed up decomposition and then return the remains to the family. The method aims to be a more affordable and environmental option for dealing with human remains as burial and leach chemicals into the ground and cremation can release carbon dioxide.
