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The law will go into effect in 2027. California is the fifth state to legalize human composting, on the heels of Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Vermont.
RELATED: Simple tips to start composting at home CalRecycle estimates that organic material like food and yard waste makes up half of what's in California landfills and a fifth of the state's ...
Starting in 2027, California residents have another burial option that is environmentally-friendly: human composting. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 351 into law Sunday.
With California’s recent approval of human composting, Spade hopes the practice will become more common nationwide — and it likely will. Recompose aims to make composting more affordable than ...
“But now it’s the law — this is the way California is gonna operate. And throwing things in a hole is always going to be cheaper than composting.” ...
Legislators gave California’s state agency that governs recycling, CalRecycle, $170 million for composting in 2021 and 2022, $60 million of which was distributed to cities to help them kickstart ...
SAN DIEGO, California — State lawmakers have cleared the way for a more eco-friendly burial option in California, joining four other states in the country that offer human composting as an ...
Human composting is not the first time death care has been re-imagined. California has already sanctioned alkaline hydrolysis — cremation by water — when then-Assemblyman Todd Gloria (D-San ...
The law will go into effect in 2027. California is the fifth state to legalize human composting, on the heels of Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Vermont.
California's new composting law in effect: Here's what you need to know By Tim Johns, KGO Saturday, January 1, 2022 ...
A mandatory composting law will be coming to California in January, creating an energy source from food waste.