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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Mushroom coffins now a thing — is human composting next for Ontario?
Description: Even in death, some people still worry about their carbon footprint. Which explains the growing popularity of “green burials” — an environmentally friendlier way to inter the dead that involves no embalming chemicals, headstones or traditional caskets.There’s even a company that offers coffins and urns made of fully biodegradable mushrooms.But what about human composting? Is that green option any closer to becoming a reality in Ontario?Known as “terramation,” the process uses organic material and a specially designed vessel to slowly transform human remains into soil. The practice is now legal in 14 U.S. s...