NSW passes ‘human compost’ laws with several MPs saying they will utilise practice after they die

Key points

• New South Wales has passed laws allowing terramation, a process that turns a body into soil, as an alternative to burial and cremation. The private member's bill was introduced by independent MP Alex Greenwich.
• The process places a body in a temperature-controlled vessel with organic matter, taking about 30 days to become soil. Several MPs said they would choose it for themselves.
• The government has 18 months to create regulations, and the practice will be limited to specialised facilities.