From dust to soil: NSW says yes to human composting
Nightlife

From dust to soil: NSW says yes to human composting

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 23, 202622 min

NSW Parliament has passed Australian-first laws allowing bodies to be turned into soil, giving families a new alternative to burial and cremation from around 2028

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or maybe you've had to make a decision very quickly on behalf of a loved one,

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Welcome to Nightlife, a bite-sized episode. Well, if you thought about what's going to happen to your body after you die, or maybe you've had to make a decision very quickly on behalf of a loved one, your options are basically cremation or burial.

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But I wonder if you've heard of terramation. It's basically human composting. And on Wednesday, the New South Wales Parliament passed Australian First Laws, making it legal to turn a human body into soil.

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Would you fancy that as an option? Let me know your thoughts, 1-300-800-222- or the SMS-0467-922-702. Teresa Russell has spent the past two years

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