A new Ohio Senate bill would authorize natural organic reduction for humans after death -- also called human composting -- a process through which human remains are naturally converted into soil.

Ohio has a handful of cemeteries that offer green burials, including Kokosing Nature Preserve in Knox County, Foxfield Preserve in Stark County and Heritage Acres Memorial Sanctuary near Cincinnati.

This green approach avoids the release of smoke from cremation and the leaking of fluids from burying embalmed bodies.

Some other states already allow remains to be converted into compost, and a Republican lawmakers wants Ohio to be next.

Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

Two companion measures, House Bill 591 and Senate Bill 323, were introduced in November 2025 and are designed to authorize natural organic reduction and outline how it would be regulated, according to ...

Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known as human composting.

Everyone is dying to try this new burial trend. Eco-conscious New Yorkers can soon turn their corpses into compost as part of a brand-new program at Green-Wood Cemetery — and hundreds are already ...

DOVER, Del. (CBS/AP) - Supporters of human composting say it's a more environmentally friendly and cheaper alternative to being buried in a coffin or cremation - it uses less energy and avoids ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to legalize human composting as an environmentally-friendly alternative to burials and cremations. The legislation, signed into law last week by New Jersey Gov.

LAUREL, DE -- Delawareans in Sussex County have strong opinions about the alternative burial practice of composting human bodies potentially becoming legal in the First State. Human composting is an ...