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. ...

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 ...

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.

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 is expected to become the first state to legalize an environmentally-friendly burial alternative that turns bodies into soil within weeks. A bill allowing “natural organic reduction ...

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.

Minnesota has a slew of state laws taking effect, but one in particular may be unfamiliar to many: terramation, also known as ...

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