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After Washington in 2019, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont and California, New York State authorized human composting. A decision made on December 31 by the Democratic governor.

Unlike cremation, human composting is carbon-free. This technique consists of transforming human remains into compost and then into humus, reports Radiofrance.

Le processus décrit par Return Home, une société spécialisée dans le compostage humain, implique de placer le cadavre de la personne dans un grand contenant, comme un cercueil, renfermant notamment des matières organiques, de la straw, de la luzerne ou de la sciure de wood. In a few weeks, thanks to the action of bacteria, the body breaks down. The whole is then heated to 55°C.

Rich in nutrients of about one cubic metre, humus is therefore the equivalent of thirty-six bags of topsoil which is returned to the family of the deceased and can be used as fertilizer in the garden.

A 4-month-old baby shaken for a few seconds by the end of a rope hung around his father’s neck… This is the frightening scene witnessed by employees of the town hall administration of La Morlette de Cenon near Bordeaux, 3 January.

According to the Midilibre, a dispute would have broken out on the precedents of the separation between the father and mother of the newborn while the mother was carrying out the administrative procedures at the district town hall. The father grabbed the boy and placed a rope around his neck before shaking him for a few seconds, witnesses told investigators. A scene that took place under the eyes of the child’s mother and municipal staff, said France Bleu Gironde.

Becoming very violent and threatening to kill the child, the individual was quickly overwhelmed by the municipal police and taken into custody. Meanwhile the child was taken to the hospital where he was admitted. The vital prognosis of him is not committed

The town hall of the Morlette district was closed for the day of January 4 and a psychological cell was set up to assist the municipal employees who witnessed the scene.