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Brown signs bill to legalize human composting

by Doug Bates | Jun 16, 2021 | Oregon News

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Brown signed House Bill 2574 on Tuesday, which will legalize what’s also known as natural organic reduction, KOIN-TV reported. It also clarifies rules surrounding alkaline hydrolysis, known as aqua cremation. The law goes into effect July 1, 2022.

Rep. Pam Marsh, from in Southern Jackson County, who co-sponsored the bill with Rep. Brian Clem, said she decided to sponsor the bill because her constituents are interested in alternative after-death options.

“My colleagues could see as well that in addition to providing families with a choice, it also is a business opportunity,” she said.

Elizabeth Fournier, owner of Cornerstone Funeral Services in Boring, Oregon, and author of a green burial guidebook, provides “green” and eco-friendly after-death services, and has given clients the option of natural organic reduction since it was legalized in Washington state in 2020.

Fournier takes bodies to Herland Forest in Wahkiacus, Washington. It’s a natural burial cemetery about 100 miles east of Portland.

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Written by Doug Bates

June 16, 2021

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