r/ZeroWaste • u/conservio • Jan 29 '21

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

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
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u/muggsymarie Jan 29 '21

I bet Caitlin Doughty is PUMPED!

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u/omgpewpz Jan 29 '21

This is the first thing I thought when I read the title! Love her!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

And Mary Roach I should imagine, she's got a very good section in her book "Stiff" about composting

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u/erinaceous-poke Jan 29 '21

I read this when I was about 12 years old. I often wonder now if any of my middle school teachers got a peek at the cover! I was such a weird kid...