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Instead of burial, be composted! It's eco-friendly, but is it for you?

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We all end up 6 feet under someday but what if our bodies could help fix the environment? Would you choose to compost your body instead of being buried or cremated? It's sustainable, but is being used in someone's garden too icky?

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Our bodies should be returning to the earth

ilsathejoe · Chicago

“Um, I totally support, like, an eco-friendly alternative to burying bodies. Like obviously, like, I wanna be, like, at least burned when I'm born, like I don't want to just have my body rotting away,…”

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Don't really agree with that at all

PANZERSaturn · Video editor Longview TX

“I don't necessarily agree with turning bodies into compost. I know it happens, kind of, regardless, um, after...after someone passes away, but, you know, kind of- You know, it just kind of- It feels…”

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Not that different from cremation, but your body is being used for something

Beatrice H · NY, NY

“I think that composting could actually become sort of a thing instead of burials and cremations, because, honestly, it's not that much different than cremation, except that your body is being, like,…”

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It's okay to compost humans ... once they're dead.

Elliott F · Johnstown, PA

“I mean, I think it's okay to compost humans. Like, once they're dead, they're gone. As long as their family's okay with it, and as long as they were okay with it before they died, I think it's fine.…”

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Good to have options for people's end of life decisions

Kristina E · Florrisant, CO

“You know, I don't know. I think it really kind of depends on the individual and their family and the decision that they make. If composting is a more environmentally friendly way to dispose of bodies…”

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We come from the earth and we go back to the earth

Sam M · Balhabour, FL

“My first instinct is to think, "Gross. Humans as compost?" But as I think a little bit more, I think about how we come from the earth and we go back to the earth, and that's the natural circle of…”

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Keep the cycle of life going

Neva S · Plumwood, OH

“I am so pro composting dead bodies. Heck yeah. I think it's a really good idea. I think it's a really cool way to just, like, keep the cycle of life going. I would definitely be down to get composted…”

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This could actually be a great idea

Kolade K · Chapel Hill, NC

“I think that this could actually be a great idea. It kind of reminds me of how when you can sign up to be an organ donor on your driver's license, you can also sign up to be composted and help…”

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