I would like for everyone to acctually put some thought into their answers, not just say that this is a disgusting thread and should get locked.
The only reason I bring up a subject like this, is that so many humans die every day, and the most common way to dipose of them is to put them in a coffon/urn and bury them in the ground. That is not ecological in the least.
If you get cremated your body is releasing harmful gasses into the air, and if you get buried then your coffin has just taken up a plot of earth that will take a long time to grow any plants on it.
I think that there are a few ways to make disposing of human corpses more ecologically friendly, but I want to see what you people think of first.
And how would anyone know? It's compost--nutrients buried in the ground. It couldn't raise questions as being murderous, because if you buy this compost, it would be processed, not raw. It's the same question being "I don't want to live next to a mound of cow patties". You get a bad picture in your mind, but it's really not how it's imagined to be.
Since "donating your body to science" is so often used generically, here's an example of what might just be your greatest contribution to humanity: Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Body Farm
