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Are You Ready to Be Composted When You Die?

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

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The Human Composting Process

After about a month in the vessel, most of the body has broken down into what just looks like dirt. The bones are then removed and crushed into smaller pieces, then placed back in the vessel. There's an additional month where the temperature in the vessel comes down. 60 days later, what you'll have is a safe, pathogen-free soil that can be used to grow a tree or nourish a garden.

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