Turning Our Dead into Fertilizer
(www.nationalreview.com)
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Um.... so I collect compost throughout the year to enhance the nutrients for my garden, a small-ish plot where I can grow tomatoes and basil in the summer. I have very strict rules about composting that boil down to this: no meat, fat, and nothing that comes from an animal. I compost ONLY the leavings from vegetables, coffee grounds, and fruit that has "gone over the edge."
So "composting humans" just doesn't seem to fit with a sane composting regimen. What's wrong with these people?
Was just coming here to say ^this^. Just to add to this, the reason you don't put any meat, fat, or feces from meat-eaters into a compost pile is because you can pass diseases to humans and you can also attract undesirables, like rats.
(It is ok, though, to add rinsed egg shells to your compost.)
I agree -- composting humans sounds like a recipe for disaster.