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What is the greenest funeral option?
1 year, 4 months ago

What is the greenest funeral option?

BBC  

How I planned my own green funeral Getty Images Recompose, the world's first human composting facility, turns a corpse into a nutrient-dense soil that the family can lay onto their garden Not many of us like talking about death. Turning a human body into soil also reminds us that "we're not adjacent to nature, we're part of nature," Spade says. …

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Editorial: Don’t stop composting. California can’t afford to abandon its methane-busting law now
1 year, 6 months ago

Editorial: Don’t stop composting. California can’t afford to abandon its methane-busting law now

LA Times  

This year, Angelenos were invited to start discarding potato peels, chicken bones and other food scraps in the green yard waste curbside bin rather than the trash can. A state law passed in 2016 requires every city and community in California to divert 75% of organic waste from landfills and to recover and redistribute 20% of edible food before it …

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Become a diamond or get launched into space — 7 alternatives to burial or cremation
1 year, 7 months ago

Become a diamond or get launched into space — 7 alternatives to burial or cremation

LA Times  

When a person dies, many people may think of the two most common options for the deceased person’s body: burial or cremation. Recompose, which offers natural organic reduction in the state of Washington, said through its process it uses 87% less energy than traditional burial or cremation — you’ll save one metric ton of carbon from entering the environment, which …

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Letters to the Editor: Curbside composting is great. But many in L.A. don’t know that
1 year, 10 months ago

Letters to the Editor: Curbside composting is great. But many in L.A. don’t know that

LA Times  

To the editor: Your editorial on curbside composting did not mention that different cities have different composting rules. Some cities allow compostable bags with the BPI symbol, but apparently Los Angeles does not. Patience by city officials throughout the state will be required, and I hope the education efforts you mention for L.A. really do happen everywhere. To the editor: …

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California’s dead will have a new burial option: Human composting
2 years, 3 months ago

California’s dead will have a new burial option: Human composting

LA Times  

California will begin allowing an alternative burial method known as human composting in 2027, under a bill signed by Gov. The companies that offer human composting say that for every person who chooses the option over burial or cremation, it will save the equivalent of 1 metric ton of carbon from entering the environment. “This new law will provide California’s …

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L.A. is finally separating food waste from trash. Will residents embrace composting?
2 years, 4 months ago

L.A. is finally separating food waste from trash. Will residents embrace composting?

LA Times  

L.A. sanitation workers Miguel Torres, left, and Zac Ortiz unload in-home composting pails to be handed out to homeowners in Los Feliz on Aug. 6. “I question why the city of L.A., being a climate leader in the region, is lagging behind conservative coastal Orange County cities,” said Hoiyin Ip, co-chair of Sierra Club California’s Zero Waste Committee. is in …

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ACT partners with federal government to build new composting and recycling facilities
2 years, 4 months ago

ACT partners with federal government to build new composting and recycling facilities

ABC  

The federal government has announced $13 million in funding for a new large-scale composting facility in Canberra. Key points: The facility will divert 50,000 tonnes of food and garden waste from landfill annually A new materials recovery centre will also be built to improve the quality of recycled products A recycling advocate says education is key to composting success The …

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What’s the holdup with composting in L.A.? And what you can do in the meantime
2 years, 6 months ago

What’s the holdup with composting in L.A.? And what you can do in the meantime

LA Times  

Los Angeles residents are getting mixed signals about compost. But L.A.’s Bureau of Sanitation, which is responsible for collecting your trash, recycling and green waste, only allows residents in its composting pilot program to do so. She isn’t part of the city’s pilot program, but she wants her food waste to be put to the best possible use. CR&R, a …

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Body composting: Why a radical form of burial is proving surprisingly popular in the US
2 years, 8 months ago

Body composting: Why a radical form of burial is proving surprisingly popular in the US

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We are right at 20 bodies today who …

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Help save the world by composting your kitchen scraps. Here’s how
2 years, 10 months ago

Help save the world by composting your kitchen scraps. Here’s how

LA Times  

The howls on social media have been fierce since the state started mandating that food waste stay out of garbage destined for the landfill. Send items you don’t want to include, like bones or moldy cheese, to professional waste treaters and use the rest of your household food waste to create excellent and free soil amendments for your garden. High-nitrogen …

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How To Reduce Food Waste By Composting And What You Need To Start
2 years, 11 months ago

How To Reduce Food Waste By Composting And What You Need To Start

Huff Post  

Amazon Grow plants using your freshly made compost with the Biovessel composter, create the makings of nutrient-rich fertilizer with a multi-chamber living composter and quickly break down food scraps in a matter of hours with an electric composter by Vitamix. In an effort to reduce the amount of materials going into landfills, a new California policy, which will take full …

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California goes to war with food waste. Composting is its next climate crusade
3 years ago

California goes to war with food waste. Composting is its next climate crusade

LA Times  

Sometimes it’s not even trash. Senate Bill 1383 mandates that Californians toss unused food, coffee grounds, egg shells, banana peels and other leftovers into bins they use for other “green” waste, such as garden trimmings, lawn clippings and leaves. “We are pleading with the public, ‘We need recycled food, to help with greening the land around us, to work on …

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Body composting a 'green' alternative to burial and cremation
3 years, 2 months ago

Body composting a 'green' alternative to burial and cremation

ABC  

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 …

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Body composting a 'green' alternative to burial, cremation
3 years, 3 months ago

Body composting a 'green' alternative to burial, cremation

The Hindu  

In a suburban Denver warehouse tucked between an auto repair shop and a computer recycling business, Seth Viddal is dealing with life and death. “It’s a natural process where the body is returned to an elemental level over a short period of time,” said Mr. Viddal, who likened the practice to backyard composting of food scraps and yard waste. “It …

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Body composting a 'green' alternative to burial, cremation
3 years, 3 months ago

Body composting a 'green' alternative to burial, cremation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s a natural process where …

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