NSW legalises human composting from 2028
NSW becomes Australia's first state to legalise terramation, a process that turns bodies into compost.
Parliament's upper house passed an independent MP's bill on Wednesday making human composting legal in NSW from 2028. The process, officially called terramation, places a body in a vessel packed with plant material like hay and sawdust, then raises the temperature for several days.
After at least one month, most of the body has been consumed, leaving only bones and medical implants. The bones are then ground and mixed back into the compost, which families can scatter around trees or donate to parks.
Several MPs said they want to be composted after death. The process is only legal in one region of Germany and 14 US states.
- 2028
- Implementation date
- At least one month
- Process duration
- One region of Germany and 14 US states
- Legal locations worldwide
Why it mattersIt gives people a new legal choice for what happens to their body after death, sitting between traditional burial and cremation.
AustraliaNSW residents will have access to terramation as an option when the law takes effect, offering an alternative as burial costs rise.
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