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Urban Death Project Aims To Rebuild Our Soil By Composting Corpses (inhabitat.com)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bring-out-your-dead dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Urban Death Project utilizes the process of composting to safely and gently turn our deceased into soil-building material, creating a meaningful, equitable and ecological urban alternative to existing options for the disposition of the dead," said Katrina Spade, a designer based in Seattle. "The project is a solution to the overcrowding of city cemeteries, a sustainable method of disposing of our dead, and a new ritual for laying our loved ones to rest."

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  1. Already did my part by sinij · · Score: 5, Funny

    I already did my part. This is exactly how I disposed of my mother-in-law's corpse.

  2. Re:Don't care by h33t+l4x0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just make sure I'm dead first.

    **gunshot fires** - Ok, what was next?