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Californians Eager for Human Composting After They Die
KQED, January 2024
When My Friend Died, She Wanted to Be Turned Into Mulch
Newsweek, September 2023
Quite a few young Americans plan to end their days as compost
The Economist, March 2023
Why some people are opting for human composting, an alternative to cremation and standard burial
WBUR, January 2023
‘A literal return to the earth’: is human composting the greenest burial?
The Guardian, August 2021
What You Should Know About Human Composting, a ‘Beautiful’ Way to ‘Go Out with a Bang’
People, June 2021
Oregon Has Legalized Human Composting
Vice, June 2021
‘More and more people don’t want a traditional burial’
BBC, May 2021
The Departed Could Soon Become Compost in Colorado
New York Times, April 2021
Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home in the U.S., is now open for business
Seattle Times, January 2021
The startup turning human bodies into compost
MIT Technology Review, October 2020
Life After Death: What Human Burial Options Will Look Like in a Sustainable Future
Discover, August 2020
Compost your departed loved one and save the planet, L.A. lawmaker says
Los Angeles Times, February 2020
Human compost funerals ‘better for environment’
BBC, February 2020
The world’s first human composting facility will let us recycle ourselves
Fast Company, November 2019
Water cremation and human composting: the new, eco-friendly frontier of dying
Fast Company, August 2019
Ashes to Ashes. Dust to Dust. Or, in Washington State, You Could Now Be Compost
New York Times, May 2019
Human Composting Just Got the Green Light in Washington
Vice, May 2019
Washington state braces for eco-friendly ‘human composting’
Los Angeles Times, May 2019
Washington passes bill to become first state to compost human bodies
The Washington Post, April 2019
Could ‘Human Composting’ Mean a Better, Greener Death?
Bloomberg, January 2019
Life after death: Recompose, a soil-based alternative to burial and cremation, moves closer to reality
Fast Company, November 2018
From Compost You Came and to Compost You Shall Return
Slate, July 2015
A Project to Turn Corpses Into Compost
New York Times, April 2015