The body is first washed and put in biodegradable clothing.

It's then laid to rest in a vessel on a bed of alfalfa, sawdust, and straw where it stays

for 30 days.

Oxygen-starved microbes begin to eat the organic matter aka the body.

And here’s a wild fact, the enzymes present in the gut during life, basically consume

the body after death.

The microbes create a number of byproducts like gases and liquids like phosphorus, nitrogen,

and potassium.

And once they're finished, only the bones and teeth remain as they're then broken down

by a machine into small pieces.

So that over the next 30 days, they too can be eaten by all the little microbes.

Now, at the end of the whole process, the family of the departed gets about 400 pounds

of soil to use how they like.

The official name for human composting is Natural Organic Reduction.

And right now, only a handful of states offer this option, with California being the latest

to legalize it.

Would you want to be composted?