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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Washington has become the first state to legalize “human composting,” an alternative to conventional burial and cremation that produces topsoil suitable for gardening.

Ashes to ashes, dust to new trees. The state of Washington is poised to make history by legalising a way of dealing with the dead in a way that is good for the planet – and potentially the soul ...

Human composting is now legal in six states across the... Guests place flowers on a shrouded mannequin near the Threshold Vessel in Recompose's Gathering Space at Recompose Seattle on October 6 ...

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.