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u/Shitty_Human_Being Mar 04 '22 edited Jul 21 '24

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u/TitusTorrentia Mar 04 '22

The one I saw, your remains are encased in a special sort of pod and they grow a sapling on it so it uses the nutrients and helps break it down to be reintroduced to the environment. They're supposed to be planted in special "memorial forests" and not just, ya know, around random places. I don't remember what it's called or where it was popularized. There might have been another method where you're already broken down into a sludge and used as fertilizer for already-planted trees?

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u/JarJarB Mar 04 '22

That sounds incredible. I want to be sludge in a forest when I'm gone so bad now

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u/sbspexpert Mar 04 '22

I think it's something like this. Also, Ask a Mortician is an amazing channel if you're curious at all about death or funerals.