# The Departed Could Soon Become Compost in Colorado

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-departed-could-soon-become-compost-in-colorado/
- Published: 2021-04-30T10:00:11-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Katrina Spade, the co-founder and chief executive of Recompose, monitoring the temperature of a mound of wood chips that contains a human body. Her company offers human composting services in Washington State. Credit… Mike Belleme for The New York Times. Article by Bryan Pietsch. The New York Times – April 29, 2021. If the governor signs the bill, Colorado would be the second state to legalize the composting of human remains. DENVER — Food scraps and biodegradable utensils are common fodder for compost, but in Colorado, human remains could soon be transformed into soil too. The Colorado State Legislature passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow composting of human remains in lieu of traditional processes like burial and cremation. […] Click here to view original web page at www.nytimes.com