Wild and Gross...Is Human Composting Legal in Utah??

You know that book about the kid whose grandfather dies and they plant a tree on top of him and the apples from the tree taste like Brut cologne?

I hated that book.

I don't understand the instinct: our loved one is dead, let's do stuff with the remains!

If you need a ritual, just put him on a paddle board and push him out to sea. That's what they used to do when people had some decorum. Or maybe turn him loose in a deep forest and he just keeps walking.

But no, that's not good enough.

There's something called human composting which is a real gross out.

Is Human Composting Legal in Utah?

No it's not, although some weirdo in the state legislature is trying to get it legal.

According to recompose.life: (LINK TO FULL ARTICLE)

"Senator Jen Plumb first introduced legislation to legalize human composting in January 2024, but the bill did not make it beyond the Senate Business and Labor Standing Committee. The 2025 bill differs from the 2024 bill introduced because it outlaws the use of human compost for food growth."

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The weirdos in the state of Washington have already made this legal.

Seems horrifying.

Here's exactly what it is according to the same site:

"Human composting, also called natural organic reduction or soil transformation, is a form of disposition that transforms a body into soil. The biological process mimics the earth’s natural cycles and is similar to what occurs on the forest floor as organic material decomposes and becomes topsoil."

I no likey.