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New York makes human composting after death legal

By Jack Birle
Published January 1, 2023 10:44am ET
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New York makes human composting after death legal
New York became the sixth state since 2019 to legalize human composting after death after Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed the bill into law Saturday. Natural organic reduction, or human composting as it is more commonly known, is a process of burial that has a human body put into a container with plants to allow […]


New York became the sixth state since 2019 to legalize human composting after death after Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed the bill into law Saturday.

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