People in Washington state can now literally push up daisies after their death — as the first human composting efforts in the country recently began there, according to a new report.

Washington is set to become the first state to legalize human composting, formerly known as natural organic reduction, which turns bodies into soil within 30 days. Gov. Jay Inslee is expected to ...

If someone dies in Washington state currently, the body can only be cremated or buried. The process of “human composting” provides a third option of turning dead bodies into soil.

In a push for eco-friendly burial alternatives, Washington became the first state to allow "human composting" when Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday that approved the process that turned ...

The state of Washington legalized the procedure in 2019. ... Human composting, she said, is “something that a lot of people in California are eager to have as an option. ...

When Americans die, most are buried or cremated. Washington could soon become the first state to allow another option: human composting. The novel approach, known as “recomposition,” involves ...

As Washington prepares to become the first state to legalize “human composting,” not everyone is dying to turn their loved ones’ bodies into garden-variety soil.

Senate Bill 5001, sponsored by Washington state Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D-Seattle), legalizes “human composting,” which its proponents argue has less of an environmental impact than cremation. For ...

How Washington state could become first state to allow human composting. Lawmakers in Washington state pass Senate Bill 5001, a bill that would allow human remains to be composted.

Washington has become the first state in the nation to pass a law allowing composting as an alternative to burial or cremation of human remains.

Washington is the first state to legalize turning the dead into compost, perhaps the first such law in the world. We in the Evergreen State sort our trash into recycling, garbage and organic matter.

Washington is set to become the first state to legalize human composting, a process that turns bodies into soil within 30 days.