https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-human-composting-law/

[+ LIguy]

don't know how i feel about this....kinda grosses me out to be honest.   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-human-composting-law/

[+ glennnnn]

Yeah, me too. But I think it is inevitable.

 

 

[samhexum]

1 hour ago, LIguy said:

don't know how i feel about this....kinda grosses me out to be honest.  

 

1 hour ago, glennnnn said:

Yeah, me too. But I think it is inevitable.

 

[wsc]

This is horrible and sets a dangerous precedent. What's next? Bears shitting in the woods?

[Guest]

I’m indifferent.  I’d rather be compost than pickled and laid out in my best suit

[pubic_assistance]

I've actually been looking forward to this.

My will calls for anything usable to be cut out and donated and the rest mulched and planted with an oak tree.

Cemeteries are a waste of space.

[CuriousByNature]

3 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

I've actually been looking forward to this.

My will calls for anything usable to be cut out and donated and the rest mulched and planted with an oak tree.

Cemeteries are a waste of space.

I agree - as much as I like a good historic cemetery, many of them have become prohibitively expensive.  When my aunt (actually a cousin of some degree) died in Vancouver a few years ago I think the family had to spend about $30,000 for the burial, including embalming, plot, and cement liner for the hole.  And spaces in the mausoleum, where your casket is inserted into the wall, were something like $50,000 if I recall correctly.   The idea of burial does not gross me out at all, but the idea of having to spend a good portion of the estate on a burial does make me sick to the stomach.  Since I live in a less urban part of Ontario now I'm sure the burial cost would be a lot less, but I'm still specifying that I want to be cremated.  My ashes can either be buried in a cemetery, scattered to the wind, dumped in the water, or kept on a shelf.  I like to give people options - LOL.