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"Death isn't very environmentally-friendly"

People are being urged to consider human composting. Washington recently became the first US state to legalise human composting and Ivan turned to Roger Highfield, Science Director at the Science Museum in London, to shine some light on a rather grim subject matter.

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18.30 26 Feb 2020


"Death isn't very environmentally-friendly"


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18.30 26 Feb 2020


 You might have heard of people composting banana skins or a handful of spent coffee grounds. But now people are being urged to consider human composting. 

Washington recently became the first US state to legalise human composting and Ivan turned to Roger Highfield, Science Director at the Science Museum in London, to shine some light on a rather grim subject matter.


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