Micah Truman shows a demonstration “vessel” for human composting during a March 14 tour of the Return Home funeral home in Auburn, Wash. During a rafting trip in the West, Angela Bean took a palm full of her son’s ashes and spread them across rushing water. Years later, Bean found out about human composting, an alternative burial method to cremation …
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In a suburban warehouse tucked between an auto repair shop and a computer recycling business in Denver, Colorado, Seth Viddal is dealing with life and death. Key points: Body composting reduces human remains through a natural organic process over months Colorado has become the second US state after Washington to allow human body composting Young people motivated by sustainability are …
