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Should We Compost Human Bodies?

Science Vs

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The Composting Process

Mike Truman, who owns a composting facility in New Hampshire, has been surprised by how people are reacting to it. People put photographs over the composting vessel and many just wanted to sit beside their person as they were composting. When you do this with all the wood chips and straw and alfalfa, you end up driving home with quite a lot of compost. Mike says it's about 250 pounds or a dozen big burlap bags.

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