Terramation, which is legal in six U.S. states but not approved in Canada, uses a fraction of the energy of cremation and requires no toxic chemicals. It\u0027s…
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.“Terramation’s zero-impact on the environment is magnificent,” she said. “We need to change the language of theto allow for this. The act talks about human remains and cremated remains, and this doesn’t fit within those definitions.”
Paul, an expert in animal mortality composting — a method of managing livestock remains that protects the water table and limits carbon emissions — balked when Truman approached him in 2019 about developing a system for composting human remains. A truly organic process, with no manipulation of the body and no chemicals, would take at least two months.
“We advocated for a pine box, for our family to be able to lower the casket ourselves, we advocated for members of our family to be able place soil on top of the casket, and that experience informed some of how we chose to design this process,” said Paul.Article contentAn environmentally sound human composting process was possible, Paul explained to Truman, but it couldn’t be hurried, and it had to involve families.
“You don’t ask a scientist how they feel,” said Paul. “It has been the honour of my life to be involved in this. Jan Dizon’s family, including her sister Melissa Dizon , her son Pao Ranjo and her mother Malou Dizon, take part in the laying-in ceremony at the Return Home funeral home in Auburn, Wash.Over the next 30 days, an aerobic process begins. Naturally occurring microbes in the body become active — nothing is required to start the process other than the organic matter.
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