Airehead ★ Posted January 2 Share #1 Posted January 2 Or recomposing as it is sometimes called. “Recompose uses a process called natural organic reduction to transform human remains into soil. This soil can then be used to regenerate the earth that supports us our whole lives.” As I understand it, they pack you with wood chips, alfalfa, and other things that create microbes to expedite your decomposition. it is now legal in New York and some other states. Will you consider it? I am thinking about it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted January 2 Share #2 Posted January 2 14 minutes ago, Airehead said: Will you consider it? Very much so, if it is an option. Much better than wasting a lot of energy and resources to be buried or incinerated. Dust to dust. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 2 Share #3 Posted January 2 Yes. There are several options. Our state allows too. I love the idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 2 Share #4 Posted January 2 Nope. Cremation is the plan. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted January 2 Share #5 Posted January 2 13 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Nope. Cremation is the plan. For the ashes to ashes side of the equation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 2 Share #6 Posted January 2 It sounds a little offputting, but then again so are the other options. Can;t we do Soylent Green? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted January 2 Share #7 Posted January 2 I am planning on "dumpstering" as soon as it is legal. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted January 2 Share #8 Posted January 2 Assuming I have some control, I’m planning cremation and either scattering in the mountains here, or in the mountains north of here. There’s no option for a pyre, though, so I would consider composting. I’ve been considering a mushroom spore suit, also, as an alternative to cremation. Embalming and casket burial is off the table. https://the-ethos.co/green-burial-options/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 2 Share #9 Posted January 2 1 hour ago, Rattlecan said: For the ashes to ashes side of the equation. Yep. I won't be worried about burning 1/2 gallon of fuel to do it either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted January 2 Share #10 Posted January 2 A fiery end and the ashes spread to the wind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted January 2 Share #11 Posted January 2 This is the first I've heard of such a thing. Not sure what I think. I guess it makes sense, but..... Hmmmm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 2 Share #12 Posted January 2 Cremation for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 2 Share #13 Posted January 2 Cremation and scattering at sea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 2 Share #14 Posted January 2 I'm gonna live forever. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 2 Share #15 Posted January 2 One of my co-workers was talking about this as he listened to a podcast on it from Washington State. I have always been leaning towards cremation. Apparently cremation has a large carbon footprint per cook 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 2 Share #16 Posted January 2 25 minutes ago, Zephyr said: One of my co-workers was talking about this as he listened to a podcast on it from Washington State. I have always been leaning towards cremation. Apparently cremation has a large carbon footprint per cook The more fat, the less fuel required. Cremation sites have very extreme pollution controls now. You won't see smoke and won't smell it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 2 Share #17 Posted January 2 11 minutes ago, Wilbur said: The more fat, the less fuel required. I'll be carbon neutral! Where are the left over Christmas treats? It's for the good of the planet, lol 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted January 2 Share #18 Posted January 2 12 minutes ago, Wilbur said: The more fat, the less fuel required. Cremation sites have very extreme pollution controls now. You won't see smoke and won't smell it. But from what I've read, it takes a really hot fire and may consume a lot more fuel than you think. Composting seems like an extremely environment friendly option. I really don't care what happens to my rotting carcass. Whatever is best for the planet is fine with me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 2 Share #19 Posted January 2 7 minutes ago, Road Runner said: But from what I've read, it takes a really hot fire and may consume a lot more fuel than you think. Composting seems like an extremely environment friendly option. I really don't care what happens to my rotting carcass. Whatever is best for the planet is fine with me. It actually isn't bad. I only know because my boss owns 450 cremation sites in Canada and the US. 2-3 litres of fuel or equivalent LNG. There is no carbon left, just calcium of the bones. They are remarkably light and breakable after the process. Don't ask how I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted January 2 Share #20 Posted January 2 I used to ride my bike past a local cremation facility everyday. There was always a fire going. No smoke, but I could see the heat vapors churning up the air at the top of the chimney. I assumed that they may have to keep the ovens hot at all times, even when a carcass is not being consumed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 2 Share #21 Posted January 2 18 minutes ago, Road Runner said: I used to ride my bike past a local cremation facility everyday. There was always a fire going. No smoke, but I could see the heat vapors churning up the air at the top of the chimney. I assumed that they may have to keep the ovens hot at all times, even when a carcass is not being consumed. You actually have to let them cool below 200 degrees between bodies. Too much initial heat causes heavy smoking and potential for uncontrolled fires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted January 2 Share #22 Posted January 2 Being the old guy that I am, I have seen a big change over the years in final arrangements. When I was young, I think almost everyone I knew or knew of planned for burial in a local cemetery. No one in my family has ever been cremated that I know of. I may be the first. Unless throwing me into the ground for the worms to eat becomes an option. That would be great. At last, the circle of life for humans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 2 Share #23 Posted January 2 35 minutes ago, Wilbur said: They are remarkably light and breakable after the process After 18 years of fire investigations...., can confirm. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted January 2 Share #24 Posted January 2 Pitch me in the pond after I’m done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 2 Share #25 Posted January 2 4 hours ago, Airehead said: “Recompose uses a process called natural organic reduction to transform human remains into soil. This soil can then be used to regenerate the earth that supports us our whole lives.” It's almost as if these people don't believe the zombie apocalypse is coming for them anyway. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted January 2 Share #26 Posted January 2 3 hours ago, Ralphie said: Soylent Green? First thing that came to my mind when I read the title of this thread! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 2 Share #27 Posted January 2 3 hours ago, Parr8hed said: I'm gonna live forever. Uh, Irene Cara just died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 2 Author Share #28 Posted January 2 7 hours ago, Parr8hed said: I'm gonna live forever. Because you will just swap out body parts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 2 Author Share #29 Posted January 2 For those who favor cremation, there are eco friendly urns made of corn or grass or other things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 2 Author Share #30 Posted January 2 This one is made of sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 2 Author Share #31 Posted January 2 This one is clay and cotton and floats for a water burial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 2 Share #32 Posted January 2 I’m all for it. Just don’t stick my corpse in a box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 2 Author Share #33 Posted January 2 15 minutes ago, Dottles said: I’m all for it. Just don’t stick my corpse in a box. I agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 3 Share #34 Posted January 3 6 hours ago, Allen said: Pitch me in the pond after I’m done. Body or ash? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted January 3 Share #35 Posted January 3 6 minutes ago, Dottles said: Body or ash? Ash. The body was just float around and smell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 3 Share #36 Posted January 3 Um, our newest city cemetery is green burial. It is called: Prairie Sky. Sounds vaguely Tibetan Buddhist...except not on mountain top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 3 Author Share #37 Posted January 3 20 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Um, our newest city cemetery is green burial. It is called: Prairie Sky. Sounds vaguely Tibetan Buddhist...except not on mountain top. It mentioned a biodegradable shroud. Makes sense n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted January 3 Share #38 Posted January 3 We are planning on cremation, with the internment (most likely) in Indiana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted January 3 Share #39 Posted January 3 Isn't that pretty much what happens inside the coffin anyway? Just takes longer and doesn't feed the trees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted January 3 Share #40 Posted January 3 On 1/2/2023 at 8:29 AM, Airehead said: Or recomposing as it is sometimes called. “Recompose uses a process called natural organic reduction to transform human remains into soil. This soil can then be used to regenerate the earth that supports us our whole lives.” As I understand it, they pack you with wood chips, alfalfa, and other things that create microbes to expedite your decomposition. it is now legal in New York and some other states. Will you consider it? I am thinking about it. After a lifetime of returning myself to the earth in terms of poop, hair, nails, scabs, etc., I think my ashes will be a good enough addition. I want my ashes poured on a fishing/crabbing spot in the Chesapeake Bay to provide nutrients for Bay life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted January 3 Share #41 Posted January 3 It’s still very regulated. I’d prefer just a hole under the maple tree. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted January 3 Share #42 Posted January 3 Compost first choice followed by cremation and scattered. No markers, no internment. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby ★ Posted January 3 Share #43 Posted January 3 I've already got a plot in the local cemetery in the Catskills - next to my sisters, brother in law and my parents, and a stones throw to my grandparents and great grandparents. Of course that's assuming any relatives actually claim the body. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted January 3 Share #44 Posted January 3 4 hours ago, Gump said: I’d prefer just a hole under the maple tree. I'd like it if they threw my body in a hole in a garden and planted tomatoes all over top of me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby ★ Posted January 4 Share #45 Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Road Runner said: I'd like it if they threw my body in a hole in a garden and planted tomatoes all over top of me. Every so often we go up and plant seasonal flowers on my parents' grave. My Not Wild Sister will typically bring the plants and extra soil for planting. One spring she brought some compost from the compost pile at my parents' old house. Well that's where they tossed their tomato plants. So when my sister went back in the summer, there was a full grown tomato plant with tomatoes on the grave. It seemed sort of fitting because my parents always loved their tomato garden. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted January 7 Share #46 Posted January 7 Hopefully I live long enough for this to become legal in more states. Tennessee is very backward, so I suspect it will never happen here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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