Compost me when I die!

[GrumpyOldMan]

Another innovative idea, instead of a funeral, or cremation, there is growing interest in composting people.

Sounds crazy right, except, that is what people did for literally ever until someone found a way to make lots of money off people dying.

I understand that just planting a body in your backyard is both illegal and unsanitary and can spread disease. BUT...

Compositing results in perfectly safe residue and has a far lower carbon footprint than either burial or cremation. Give it a read, I like it.

now you can compost human bodies too (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/now-you-can-compost-human-bodies-too)

[golfing eagles]

Another innovative idea, instead of a funeral, or cremation, there is growing interest in composting people.

Sounds crazy right, except, that is what people did for literally ever until someone found a way to make lots of money off people dying.

I understand that just planting a body in your backyard is both illegal and unsanitary and can spread disease. BUT...

Compositing results in perfectly safe residue and has a far lower carbon footprint than either burial or cremation. Give it a read, I like it.

now you can compost human bodies too (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/now-you-can-compost-human-bodies-too)

You first:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[GrumpyOldMan]

You first:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I discussed this with my brother who worked as an Ethics advisor for President Bush #2. His response was that it meshes nicely with Christian teachings and old testament Jewish teachings about how to deal with dead bodies.

As for going first, ABSOLUTELY, the project is in the early phases and working to meet government regulations - hopefully, I will live long enough for it to be available.

The alternative, I have told my wife to cremate me and flush the ashes, she has agreed to the cremation, but refuses to agree to flush me - LOL

[Swoop]

Another innovative idea, instead of a funeral, or cremation, there is growing interest in composting people.

Sounds crazy right, except, that is what people did for literally ever until someone found a way to make lots of money off people dying.

I understand that just planting a body in your backyard is both illegal and unsanitary and can spread disease. BUT...

Compositing results in perfectly safe residue and has a far lower carbon footprint than either burial or cremation. Give it a read, I like it.

now you can compost human bodies too (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/now-you-can-compost-human-bodies-too)

It can be done right here in Gainesville Florida. It’s a beautiful preserve where no embalming or traditional caskets are allowed.
Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery (https://www.prairiecreekconservationcemetery.org/)

[CoachKandSportsguy]

GE,

my wife wants to be cremated and then for me to play around at a TPC course, preferably TPC Sawgrass, and use her ashes to fill in my iron and wedge divots. . and spread the remaining ashes on the 18th fairway. . .

I am like, will do!

golfer guy

[golfing eagles]

GE,

my wife wants to be cremated and then for me to play around at a TPC course, preferably TPC Sawgrass, and use her ashes to fill in my iron and wedge divots. . and spread the remaining ashes on the 18th fairway. . .

I am like, will do!

golfer guy

I already have a similar arrangement in place :coolsmiley:

[Aces4]

Another innovative idea, instead of a funeral, or cremation, there is growing interest in composting people.

Sounds crazy right, except, that is what people did for literally ever until someone found a way to make lots of money off people dying.

I understand that just planting a body in your backyard is both illegal and unsanitary and can spread disease. BUT...

Compositing results in perfectly safe residue and has a far lower carbon footprint than either burial or cremation. Give it a read, I like it.

now you can compost human bodies too (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/now-you-can-compost-human-bodies-too)

This really isn’t a new idea, there have been areas for human decomposition for years. The only thing they can’t keep out are the bugs and the critters but hey, they have to eat too.:mmmm:

[GrumpyOldMan]

This really isn’t a new idea, there have been areas for human decomposition for years. The only thing they can’t keep out are the bugs and the critters but hey, they have to eat too.:mmmm:

It goes a step beyond decomposition, to composting.

[Aces4]

It goes a step beyond decomposition, to composting.

If you’ve decomposed in the forest, you’ve composted. No muss, no fuss.:coolsmiley:

[GrumpyOldMan]

If you’ve decomposed in the forest, you’ve composted. No muss, no fuss.:coolsmiley:

True, the issue legally is that decomposing (I assume you mean rotting) has a rask of spreading disease, where composting is a control process in a controlled environment so the temperatures get high enough to kill any potential pathogens.

There is still the problem of heavy metals and other non-compostable body parts that need to be dealt with.

But, the same idea, returning to nature rather than being buried in a $20K coffin and a vault to seal you off for a while.

[Sandy and Ed]

Another innovative idea, instead of a funeral, or cremation, there is growing interest in composting people.

Sounds crazy right, except, that is what people did for literally ever until someone found a way to make lots of money off people dying.

I understand that just planting a body in your backyard is both illegal and unsanitary and can spread disease. BUT...

Compositing results in perfectly safe residue and has a far lower carbon footprint than either burial or cremation. Give it a read, I like it.

now you can compost human bodies too (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/now-you-can-compost-human-bodies-too)
Thought I was reading my Babylon Bee for a minute!! ������������

[RICH1]

Been doing it for years......

[jamorela]

My niece just planted a tree on their property in New York with the remains of her parents. I think it is wonderful.

[Blackbird45]

I want to be laminated and placed at the local tavern

[MandoMan]

Another innovative idea, instead of a funeral, or cremation, there is growing interest in composting people.

Sounds crazy right, except, that is what people did for literally ever until someone found a way to make lots of money off people dying.

I understand that just planting a body in your backyard is both illegal and unsanitary and can spread disease. BUT...

Compositing results in perfectly safe residue and has a far lower carbon footprint than either burial or cremation. Give it a read, I like it.

now you can compost human bodies too (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/now-you-can-compost-human-bodies-too)

There are fox hunting clubs in the UK and Ireland where it is traditional that if a fox hunting horse dies, it is donated to the club kennels, where it is cut up, cooked, and fed to the hounds. When the hounds are out running, they pause from time to time to distribute the horse over the fields it loved. If you have ever been a fox hunter, you understand how “right” this seems, and how romantic. Both horses and hounds love fox hunting, and foxes seem to enjoy the game of wits, too.

How about for Village golfers, a little gadget on the back of a golf cart that slowly trickles ashes, a pinch at a time, all over someone’s favorite golf course?

[GrumpyOldMan]

There are fox hunting clubs in the UK and Ireland where it is traditional that if a fox hunting horse dies, it is donated to the club kennels, where it is cut up, cooked, and fed to the hounds. When the hounds are out running, they pause from time to time to distribute the horse over the fields it loved. If you have ever been a fox hunter, you understand how “right” this seems, and how romantic. Both horses and hounds love fox hunting, and foxes seem to enjoy the game of wits, too.

How about for Village golfers, a little gadget on the back of a golf cart that slowly trickles ashes, a pinch at a time, all over someone’s favorite golf course?

Good idea.

[Tokyogirl]

Wow, I never knew there was such a place as a green cemetery. . Thanks for sharing.

[Blueblaze]

Another innovative idea, instead of a funeral, or cremation, there is growing interest in composting people.

Sounds crazy right, except, that is what people did for literally ever until someone found a way to make lots of money off people dying.

I understand that just planting a body in your backyard is both illegal and unsanitary and can spread disease. BUT...

Compositing results in perfectly safe residue and has a far lower carbon footprint than either burial or cremation. Give it a read, I like it.

now you can compost human bodies too (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/now-you-can-compost-human-bodies-too)

How wasteful! Just think of all the greenhouse gasses your rotting body will release, as microbes feed on you and convert your stored carbon into poisonous methane and CO2 emissions!

Why should microbes have all the fun? Anyone seriously concerned about the looming climate disaster predicted by Al Gore (that plunged Florida into the Atlantic back in 2013!) should demand the Soylent Green solution to human body disposal!

Did you know that if you train a flatworm to avoid an electric shock and then grind him up and feed him to another flatworm, the new flatworm automatically learns how to avoid an electric shock?

I've got a socialist sister-in-law who could greatly benefit from eating my brain!

Soylent Green, baby! Tastes like chicken!

[DanBrew]

Consuming as much hops an barley as I can in order to do my part for fertilizing the land.

[DaleDivine]

The alternative, I have told my wife to cremate me and flush the ashes, she has agreed to the cremation, but refuses to agree to flush me - LOL
My wife wants her ashes dumped in the bay in Virginia.
I told her I could just flush them and they would get in the bay eventually...
:a040::a040::1rotfl:

[Carlsondm]

Economics may prevail. The mortuaries or compostatories will determine a price to do this properly. Storage costs will be interesting. Disease control will also be factored in. I wonder if they need to “roll” you periodically.

[DaleDivine]

My wife wants her ashes dumped in the bay in Virginia.
I told her I could just flush them and they would get in the bay eventually...
:a040::a040::1rotfl:
Having my ashes spread out over Walmart parking lot so the kids will visit me every day...
:1rotfl::a040::coolsmiley:

[Catfishjeff]

I’m having my ashes spread in cyberspace!

[Kenswing]

I just don't know if I'm ready to go to Lowes to pick up a bag that says "Human Mulch" on it.. :shocked:

[La lamy]

I want to be laminated and placed at the local tavern

:1rotfl: :1rotfl: :1rotfl:

[JanetMM]

When my kid was 10 years old he decided he wanted a Viking funeral in Lake Erie. But my archery skills just aren’t good enough. So I figured for myself I would be cremated and then ashes sent to the fireworks company in Pennsylvania and hopefully put in some fireworks. But composting seems like a very good idea. I will have to check into this. I wouldn’t mind a body farm either to help forensic scientists. 😂

[Mountain Gold Coffee]

I want to launched into space like scotty from Star Treck, away from this flying dirt ball

[Michread]

I would like to be composted when I expire but cannot because I am considered toxic as most of us are. :ohdear:

Yup, it’s the filling in your teeth. Remove those and then compost away.

[Rosebud1949]

I have not talked to any foxes lately, but being shredded to death by a bunch of hounds cannot fun for them...Neither can being a horse ridden recklessly to death in pursuit of the fox. What is romantic about that. Yes another "class" of entitled rich folk. Enough of that here. If you cannot care for any animal then you cannot care much for humans.

[LianneMigiano]

I'd prefer to donate my body to the Body Farm for forensic science purposes!:bigbow:

[GrumpyOldMan]

Economics may prevail. The mortuaries or compostatories will determine a price to do this properly. Storage costs will be interesting. Disease control will also be factored in. I wonder if they need to “roll” you periodically.

Actually, they do "roll" you occasionally. The original plan was a tall building where bodies are dropped in the top, and compost comes out the bottom and there were stirring mechanisms built in.

[GrumpyOldMan]

I just don't know if I'm ready to go to Lowes to pick up a bag that says "Human Mulch" on it.. :shocked:

It would take some getting used to. And the political (emotional) considerations of selling the milch to farmers would be a real hurdle.

[petiteone]

GE,

my wife wants to be cremated and then for me to play around at a TPC course, preferably TPC Sawgrass, and use her ashes to fill in my iron and wedge divots. . and spread the remaining ashes on the 18th fairway. . .

I am like, will do!

golfer guy

I hope you meant "play a round" not "play around"

[petiteone]

Actually, they do "roll" you occasionally. The original plan was a tall building where bodies are dropped in the top, and compost comes out the bottom and there were stirring mechanisms built in.

Sounds like the 1973 movie "Soylent Green" sort of.....except they turned dead bodies into food not mulch.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Sounds like the 1973 movie "Soylent Green" sort of.....except they turned dead bodies into food not mulch.

Sort of, and you could then use the compost to grow food plants, and then it would be very much like soylent green. Especially if we start encouraging people to accept euthanasia to help reduce population and contribute to healthy farms.

[Two Bills]

I have not talked to any foxes lately, but being shredded to death by a bunch of hounds cannot fun for them...Neither can being a horse ridden recklessly to death in pursuit of the fox. What is romantic about that. Yes another "class" of entitled rich folk. Enough of that here. If you cannot care for any animal then you cannot care much for humans.

Not so good for chickens, ducks, young lambs etc. being shreaded by foxes either.
Always another side of the coin.

[Incoblack1]

If they'll take me I want to donate whatever's left to a medical school or such. Much more practical and useful to science than other solutions!

[GrumpyOldMan]

I hope you meant "play a round" not "play around"

uh oh... Freudian?

[merrymini]

Spreading ashes is against the law, although people do it all the time. Composting sounds good to me. I am a gardener and so right up my alley.

[Nucky]

Don't compost me, please.

Bury me with my butt sticking out of the ground so you have a place to park your bicycle when you bring flowers. :1rotfl::1rotfl:

[butlerism]

Fact a Mundo.

We go out as we came in.... Naked.

These fancy metal boxes... stop it... throw me into the seas.

Done

We are all worm food.
Eat healthy, stop eating crap otherwise the worms will not devour you....
so you will be left to be a rotting pile of putrid waste.

Watch the Anoles, they only eat lively palmettos.

Get real everyone.

Stop fearing

[butlerism]

Second note.
My father wanted his ashes to be scattered off Jones Beach , Long Island.
Big boat, I dropped his ashes..

Cannot forget it.... those ashes followed us for three hours as we all got plastered having a good old drink fest remembering him.

We kept looking astern.
Everyone said.... yup.... he is still here..
Will never forget that day.

persnickety old booger.

I miss my dad

[butlerism]

You are a nut grumpy.
PM me.
I like your style

[Nucky]

Second note.
My father wanted his ashes to be scattered off Jones Beach , Long Island.
Big boat, I dropped his ashes..

Cannot forget it.... those ashes followed us for three hours as we all got plastered having a good old drink fest remembering him.

We kept looking astern.
Everyone said.... yup.... he is still here..
Will never forget that day.

persnickety old booger.

I miss my dad

Love the story! We saw yous guy's that day having a blast! :ho:

[GrumpyOldMan]

If they'll take me I want to donate whatever's left to a medical school or such. Much more practical and useful to science than other solutions!

This is an excellent way to go. And it high on my list. Sadly, most of those require you to have made arrangements for the disposal after they are done with you. At least the ones I looked into - if you know of one that will take everyone/anyone and pay for pick up and disposal let me know, I am interested.

[GrumpyOldMan]

You are a nut grumpy.
PM me.
I like your style

LOL, thanks.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Don't compost me, please.

Bury me with my butt sticking out of the ground so you have a place to park your bicycle when you bring flowers. :1rotfl::1rotfl:

:coolsmiley:

[Hopeful Returnee]

If I am still in New York, I'll be donating my body to New York Medical College for medical education and research. They will pay the funeral director's expenses for transportation of my body if within a 75 mile radius of the College Campus. After they complete their research, they will cremate the body and give the ashes to a family member if so desired. There are no expenses or charges. Burial without cremation can be arranged through your funeral director at your own expense.

They said when I move to Florida, I can contact the Anatomical Board of the State of Florida 1-800-628-2594 and they would give me the names of medical colleges in Florida for donation of your body for medical education and research.

[CFrance]

When my kid was 10 years old he decided he wanted a Viking funeral in Lake Erie. But my archery skills just aren’t good enough. So I figured for myself I would be cremated and then ashes sent to the fireworks company in Pennsylvania and hopefully put in some fireworks. But composting seems like a very good idea. I will have to check into this. I wouldn’t mind a body farm either to help forensic scientists. 😂
Human fireworks by Zambelli. I'll watch for you!

[geofitz13]

I just want to be cremated, with my pockets full of raw popcorn. Maybe an M-80 or three in a cavity that wouldn't be explored! Boom!

[Topspinmo]

Another innovative idea, instead of a funeral, or cremation, there is growing interest in composting people.

Sounds crazy right, except, that is what people did for literally ever until someone found a way to make lots of money off people dying.

I understand that just planting a body in your backyard is both illegal and unsanitary and can spread disease. BUT...

Compositing results in perfectly safe residue and has a far lower carbon footprint than either burial or cremation. Give it a read, I like it.

now you can compost human bodies too (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/now-you-can-compost-human-bodies-too)

Joe Diffie - Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) (Official Music Video) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMiEFyTuuh8)

[GrumpyOldMan]

Joe Diffie - Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) (Official Music Video) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMiEFyTuuh8)

:coolsmiley: