human composting Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:55:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Human Composting May Become Legal in Washington https://www.greenoptimistic.com/human-composting-washington-20190424/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/human-composting-washington-20190424/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:55:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=68279 “Natural Organic Reduction” is the name Washington has used to refer to what we can understand as composting human remains. Last Friday the state Senate and House of Representatives finalized their approval of bill 5001 (titled “concerning human remains”), which enshrines “organic reduction” and alkaline hydrolysis, a dissolving process sometimes called “liquid cremation,” as acceptable […]

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