Turning the dead into “black gold” may be the best course for saving the planet according to new research.
Human composting, the act of burying the dead in a vessel filled with composites to turn the body into a green machine aiding the planet, has been tipped as a potential planet saver.
Gardening waste with bits of a dead body added in are now called “black gold” for their improved soil quality, and the controversial burial style will set grieving families back £4,300.
Using the mixture to crush bones and mix in the body with fertile soil, the process takes a few weeks and then the bones are removed and broken down by hand before being returned to the pot to provide extra nutrients.
Those same microbes will then break down the remaining bone structures, with the newfound burial breakdown set to free up a million acres of land across the globe, should it catch on, LiveScience reported.
Recompose team member Anna Swenson previously said: “We now have 550 Precompose members, each of whom will save 1 metric ton of CO2 from entering the environment compared to conventional burial or cremation.”
