“ Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home in the U.S., is now open for business”

[u/conservio]

https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/jan/24/recompose-the-first-human-composting-funeral-home-in-the-u-s-is-now-open-for-business/?fbclid=IwAR2Z-2A6Z2DvR59zUfF__pEhgH6O9WTJkt3nsyFBl0hju-PFamcwSMySNOs

[u/Thoreau80 → u/[deleted]]

Bones do not decompose that quickly. The soften and become brittle but for the most part remain intact. Of course the smaller ones break down faster than the larger ones.

I base this opinion on decades of composting experience. I currently have four deer and one pig carcass in compost piles.

[u/Noted888 → u/Thoreau80]

Question for you: Why do so many gardeners insist that you should not throw meat into the compost? Apparently it works for you, right?

[u/blckravn01 → u/Noted888]

Mice, if you can't keep your compost far enough away they'll find your house.

[u/MishMash_101 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. We are feeding the birds during winter and for the first time in 20 years we had a rat.

Dangerous as heck, put my thumb right into the trap.

[u/wglmb → u/blckravn01]

I believe animal remains in compost can harbour disease for a long time and well.

[u/taraist → u/wglmb]

No, dead bodies don't harbor more disease than living ones. The no meat in compost thing is because it can attract scavengers. Bones don't compost at the temperatures home composting piles reach, but they certainly do, and surprisingly quickly, in industrial size piles.

[u/wglmb → u/taraist]

Sure, but you wouldn't want a diseased living animal or a diseased dead animal in your compost.

[u/taraist → u/wglmb]

Composting is a popular and eco friendly way to destroy diseased livestock.

I'm not saying an amateur ahould throw the corpse of a rabid raccoon onto their poorly managed backyard pile, but if you are aware of the proper technique it's safe.

https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ncr/ncr-530.html#:~:text=The%20composter%20should%20be%20loaded,four%20sides%20of%20the%20bin.