Katrina Spade, the founder and chief executive of Recompose, a Seattle company that hopes to build the first facility to use the new method and conduct funeral services based around it, said the movement toward cremation \u2014 now used in more than half of deaths in the nation \u2014 has led to an erosion of essential rituals. Remains are often just picked up from a crematory, she said, and that\u2019s that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not simply a process to convert bodies to soil; it\u2019s also about bringing ritual and some of that ceremony back,\u201d Ms. Spade said.<\/p>\n
Ms. Christian, the woman who is hoping recomposition will be an option after she dies, says she has long been uncomfortable with the other choices. She has ruled out burial. And she does not like the idea of cremation because of environmental costs \u2014 emissions and climate impacts of fossil fuels used in the burning process. But her friends remain divided on the issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vast majority are like, \u2018That is so cool,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cAnd then the other response is, \u2018Oh, gross.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Washington State may become the first state in the nation to allow human remains to, in essence, be composted. They call it “recomposition.” Other states are watching. https:\/\/t.co\/OyYnOBlUks<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NYT National News (@NYTNational) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n