It is the latest place to approve the process - considered to be greener than a burial or cremation.
US composting firms such as Recompose - in Seattle - say the process is an environmentally friendly option after deathNew York has become the latest US state to allow so-called human composting.
Also known as "natural organic reduction", the practice sees a body decompose over several weeks after being shut in a container.. Colorado, Oregon, Vermont and California followed suit. After a period of around a month - and a heating process to kill off any contagion - loved ones are given the resulting soil. This can be used in planting flowers, vegetables or trees.its service can save a tonne of carbon compared with a cremation or a traditional burialEmissions of carbon dioxide are a major contributor to climate change, because they act to trap the Earth's heat in a phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect.
But, for some, there are ethical questions about what happens to the soil which results from the composting.