NEW YORK: The Urban Death Project hopes to offer human composting as a more environmentally sustainable funeral option, particularly in cities where burial space is running out.
The process of turning from human to soil is surprisingly quick. Within a few weeks of interment the body decomposes and turns into a nutrient-rich compost. The process is continuous – new bodies are laid into the system as finished compost is extracted. There is precedent for this kind of burial, and it comes from agriculture…
