[permaculture] composting people

yarrow at sfo.com yarrow at sfo.com
Wed May 28 04:05:45 EDT 2008


At 4:50 PM -0400 5/26/08, trevor william johnson wrote:
>also in jenkins humanure handbook he says that we have been using
>composting to turn dead animals into compost.  he does not say
>anything about composting humans though.  i imagine the process is
>the same. does anyone out there know anything of this practice?  i  ...

Green burials? I've heard of several around the world, AFAIK without 
the embalming and concrete vaults and decorator coffins, where the 
land is managed as a nature preserve.

As for composting people specifically, several years ago I heard 
someone from North Carolina on the radio talking about composting 
people. I don't recall his name (or where he got his research 
subjects).


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