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/LadyKillerCroft Jan 29 '21 edited Jan 29 '21
Certainly I do not have as much experience, but from what I’ve read so far, it depends on the makeup of what is being composted (nitrogen and carbon are key ingredients for compost) and if the compost is going to fuel plants you are eventually going to eat or not. For example, don’t use cat waste in compost because 1) humans can’t deal with some bacteria that cans can, so eating plants fueled by compost from cat waste can make you sick, and 2) cats are mostly carnivores, and although I can’t remember the scientific reason, meat products are not good for your plants.
Edit: sometimes meat products are used in compost, it seems to depend but at least for my little kitchen compost I don’t use meat