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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Politics
Kari Paul

From cradle to compost: the disruptors who want to make death greener

bag covered in wood chips in a tray
A dummy goes through the composting process with Recompose. Photograph: Sabel Roizen/@belroiz No sale nor distribution without permission.

Americans are looking for greener ways to die, and a new wave of deathcare startups are rising to the occasion.

After death, bodies are typically handled in one of two ways: embalmed and buried in a casket, or incinerated and turned into ashes. But both of these options have contributed to the environmental crisis – with fossil fuel-intensive cremation emitting chemicals such as carbon monoxide into the air, and burials taking up large swathes of land.

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