Would you like your body to be composted when you die?

[goaded]

New York approves composting of human bodies

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64140571

[CrazyGirl2]

No, I think. That would be a bit cruel for my family! My friend’s brother was killed in a car crash, and he told his best friend friend that in the event he died, he wanted to be cremated. At the funeral a week later, he still had not been cremated due to a problem at the crematorium, so and they displayed an empty urn! His mother still does not know, and believes that the ashes were in there! Only my friend and her father knew, until she told me. Delaying closure only hurts those left behind when you are gone. It’s kind of selfish.

[goaded]

Interesting persective. I never thought to check if the family ends up with the remains. It's probably good for growing flowers.

[CrazyGirl2]

I imagine so! I know that a murderer was once caught because they noticed that the grass in an area was growing longer than the rest of the garden, and the longer grass was in the shape of a human body! Creepy eh?

[goaded]

Digging a deep grave is hard work!

[CrazyGirl2]

LOL 😂 I can honestly say that I have never tried!

[SaoirseS]

It’s a option a few states have adopted, but it’s not catching on that much due to time and cost.

[goaded]

I think Washington state has, as well. It's ecologically sound.

[SaoirseS]

There are currently six states, including NY, that allow it. I’ve arranged a couple. Unless someone lives and dies in a state where it’s legal and available, the cost of doing it is mighty ridiculous.

[goaded]

I expect that will change.

[SaoirseS]

Attitudes toward it might change, but NOR appeals only to a small niche of the population and I doubt that will change in my lifetime. There are a few other more eco friendly options, such as green (natural) burials and water cremation, that are environmentally conscious but aren’t as ridiculously expensive. Religion also plays a part in people’s choices.

[goaded]

What's "water cremation"?

[SaoirseS]

Alkaline hydrolysis, it’s a cremation process that uses water and non-toxic chemicals under heat and pressure to reduce remains to skeletal fragments that are ground into ash and buried or returned to the family. It has far less of a carbon footprint than traditional flame cremation and takes about the same amount of time.

[goaded]

Interesting, thanks.

[goaded]

Sorry, quick follow-up question, are you in the funeral business?

[SaoirseS]

Yes I am.

[goaded]

Cool!

[SaoirseS]

Thanks for MHO!

[goaded]

It was the most helpful opinion!

[SaoirseS]

Glad to help!

[Kaneki05]

That's what happens anyway. Unless your are a weirdo opting for cremation which is just pointless more pollution to the world.

[goaded]

It saves on grave space. Two of my family were spread on the farm, the other in a nature reserve he loved, after we'd sold it. Done and, ahem, dusted.

Also, don't Americans seal their dead in double metal caskets or something? I remember an atheist explaining to his kids how grandma would be part of the universe again, as we're all star dust, and one of them saying "she ain't never getting out of there", when they saw the box.

(It seems the domain name has been bought up.)

[Kaneki05]

Yeah there are people who like to spend on a nice casket which just hurts the world and does not help the body actually decompose correctly just because the person simply don't understand that don't help anyone.
It's like people are still inspired by pharaohs when it's a mythical outdated views.

[purplepoppy]

No I think it drags out the whole process too long for families. Might as well just have a natural burial in a nature reserve.

[SaoirseS]

I definitely agree.

[moonpie89]

No thanks

[jimmy2]

Oh my God no way

[goaded]

Why not? What would you prefer?