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Would you prefer to be cremated or buried in a casket? Washington might give residents an additional option if it becomes the first US state to legalize an unusual end-of-life practice \u2014 composting human remains.<\/p>\n

"Recomposting" \u2014 which advertises as more environmentally friendly than traditional funeral practices \u2014 is a process where a human body is quickly decomposed using heat-loving microbes and beneficial bacteria.<\/p>\n

The temperature is kept at 131 degrees Fahrenheit (55 Celsius) for 72 consecutive hours. The remains are then added into soil that can be used as mulch<\/a> for trees, flowers and other plants.<\/p>\n

Washington State Sen. Jamie Pedersen<\/a>, a Democrat, plans to introduce a recomposting bill in January, NBC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If passed, the bill would legalize recomposting in Washington so citizens could choose an alternative to the traditional methods of burial and cremation of human remains.<\/p>\n

The Seattle company Recompose<\/a> would be responsible for the actual composting of human bodies.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Pederson introduced a similar bill<\/a> but says it failed due to opposition from religious groups, according to NBC.<\/p>\n

Neither Sen. Pedersen or Recompose<\/a>, the company that would be responsible for the actual composting of human bodies, responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

"The transformation of human to soil happens inside our reusable, hexagonal recomposition vessels," the Recompose website says<\/a>. "When the process has finished, families will be able to take home some of the soil created, while gardens on-site will remind us that all of life is interconnected."<\/p>\n

During the recomposting process, bodies are screened for non-organic materials like metal teeth fillings, pacemakers and artificial limbs, which are recycled whenever possible.<\/p>\n

The entire process takes a month, and can produce a cubic yard of soil per person, according to Recompose<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While this may sound ideal to people wanting an environmental-friendly option to burial, not everyone can go through the recomposting process. Some pathogens (like the bacteria that causes anthrax<\/a>) may be resistant to the composting process, so people with certain health conditions may be ineligible.<\/p>\n

While recomposting has yet to be made legal in the US, "green burials<\/a>" (bury human bodies without chemicals) are legal in all 50 states. Currently, recomposting a human body is legal in Sweden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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