Going Green

SALEM — A bill before the Oregon Legislature would make Oregon the second state to allow human composting as an alternative to traditional burial or cremation. 

House Bill 2574, sponsored by Reps. Pam Marsh and Brian L. Clem, would allow bodies to be disposed of by alternative processes, including natural organic reduction — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks, KOIN reported.

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-Don in Oregon