If you've had a close loved one pass away, you know that what comes next includes a lot of logistical hurdles, planning a funeral, reading a will and deciding what to do with their body.

If you've had a close loved one pass away, you know that what comes next includes a lot of logistical hurdles, planning a funeral, reading a will and deciding what to do with their body.

There is traditional burial, there's cremation and recently a new method has taken off. It's called Tarama. Basically human composting. Kcrws Kayley Wells has more.

There is traditional burial, there's cremation and recently a new method has taken off. It's called Tarama. Basically human composting. Kcrws Kayley Wells has more.

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week was a difficult milestone for Sean Hannah of Encino. It's been one year since he lost his partner, Stephen Staunton to brain cancer. Staunton was an avid gardener and a really big fan of eating mushrooms, but he had heard something about

week was a difficult milestone for Sean Hannah of Encino. It's been one year since he lost his partner, Stephen Staunton to brain cancer. Staunton was an avid gardener and a really big fan of eating mushrooms, but he had heard something about

your body being transformed into mushrooms and his favorite food was mushrooms. And he just thought that might be like a really cool idea as if he became a mushroom.

your body being transformed into mushrooms and his favorite food was mushrooms. And he just thought that might be like a really cool idea as if he became a mushroom.

Staunton actually kind of achieved that dream. Thanks to this burgeoning industry, the process is called terra. It creates almost no pollution and it basically turns the body into compost through what Tom Harries calls a simple four step process. He's CEO and co founder of Earth Funeral, the company that disposed of Staunton's body. Step, one is gently washing a body and wrapping it in a biodegradable shroud. Step two is placing the body in a vessel. The vessel is a giant

Staunton actually kind of achieved that dream. Thanks to this burgeoning industry, the process is called terra. It creates almost no pollution and it basically turns the body into compost through what Tom Harries calls a simple four step process. He's CEO and co founder of Earth Funeral, the company that disposed of Staunton's body. Step, one is gently washing a body and wrapping it in a biodegradable shroud. Step two is placing the body in a vessel. The vessel is a giant

sleek cylinder kind of like a small MRI machine. Placing the body in a vessel on the bed of organic mulch wood chip and wildflower again, this is where it starts to sound like a chemistry class. You need a balance of nitrogen and carbon to make everything. Decompose. Step three is optimizing temperature, moisture and oxygen levels that creates the perfect conditions for microbes to break the body down and step four. After 30 days of periodical agitation, just like mixing the backyard compost pile, they put

sleek cylinder kind of like a small MRI machine. Placing the body in a vessel on the bed of organic mulch wood chip and wildflower again, this is where it starts to sound like a chemistry class. You need a balance of nitrogen and carbon to make everything. Decompose. Step three is optimizing temperature, moisture and oxygen levels that creates the perfect conditions for microbes to break the body down and step four. After 30 days of periodical agitation, just like mixing the backyard compost pile, they put

out the nutrient rich compost now because nothing gets burned and other materials get added. The final product is actually larger than the body itself. 2 to 300 pounds of soil. Harry says most families do want to keep some of it but only some of it and then any remaining soil is sent to conservation land that California legalized this process. But that law doesn't go into effect until 2027 to give state agencies the time to research and prepare for this new industry.

out the nutrient rich compost now because nothing gets burned and other materials get added. The final product is actually larger than the body itself. 2 to 300 pounds of soil. Harry says most families do want to keep some of it but only some of it and then any remaining soil is sent to conservation land that California legalized this process. But that law doesn't go into effect until 2027 to give state agencies the time to research and prepare for this new industry.

That's why Earth Funeral just opened a brand new facility over the border in Las Vegas.

That's why Earth Funeral just opened a brand new facility over the border in Las Vegas.

In the background. Workers are installing some of the 75 vessels where the term nation will take place. Harry's is showing officials and stakeholders around including the co sponsor of the bill that just made this legal in Nevada Assembly member Max Carter. It brings together the intersection of environmentalism and grief support. It's attractive to the environmentally minded, the traditional funeral industry as it exists right now in the US is really resource heavy Ree Smith works for return home another terra funeral

In the background. Workers are installing some of the 75 vessels where the term nation will take place. Harry's is showing officials and stakeholders around including the co sponsor of the bill that just made this legal in Nevada Assembly member Max Carter. It brings together the intersection of environmentalism and grief support. It's attractive to the environmentally minded, the traditional funeral industry as it exists right now in the US is really resource heavy Ree Smith works for return home another terra funeral

home. She says it's not just the embalming and the headstone, we have casket production, we have, you know, obviously vault for the outside of the casket. Then there's cremation which uses up a lot fewer resources, but still it's just a bunch of propane and high volumes of, you know, carbon releasing into the atmosphere. And Tom Harry with Earth funeral says even a no frills traditional burial in a simple casket can exceed $10,000.

home. She says it's not just the embalming and the headstone, we have casket production, we have, you know, obviously vault for the outside of the casket. Then there's cremation which uses up a lot fewer resources, but still it's just a bunch of propane and high volumes of, you know, carbon releasing into the atmosphere. And Tom Harry with Earth funeral says even a no frills traditional burial in a simple casket can exceed $10,000.

We're like $5000 typically. So really quite affordable relative to traditional options. That's about comparable to an average cremation. Stephen Staunton died before this facility opened. His partner, Sean Hannah arranged for his body to be sent up to Washington State for terra information, the soil that he became fertilized trees in the Olympic Peninsula. That was one of my favorite rain forests is the Olympic National Forest. When his time comes, Hannah has options closer to home, but that doesn't matter.

We're like $5000 typically. So really quite affordable relative to traditional options. That's about comparable to an average cremation. Stephen Staunton died before this facility opened. His partner, Sean Hannah arranged for his body to be sent up to Washington State for terra information, the soil that he became fertilized trees in the Olympic Peninsula. That was one of my favorite rain forests is the Olympic National Forest. When his time comes, Hannah has options closer to home, but that doesn't matter.

He wants to be in Washington State too. I was gonna try not to cry

He wants to be in Washington State too. I was gonna try not to cry

but yeah, I think I'd want to be where he is a small portion of Staunton soil. Returned to his family. Staunton's brother spread his portion on a campground they visited when they were kids. His mom used the soil to fertilize her vegetable garden in Maine and a small container went back to Hannah in Encino, which he spread over the plants that they potted together just before he died.

but yeah, I think I'd want to be where he is a small portion of Staunton soil. Returned to his family. Staunton's brother spread his portion on a campground they visited when they were kids. His mom used the soil to fertilize her vegetable garden in Maine and a small container went back to Hannah in Encino, which he spread over the plants that they potted together just before he died.

That was kcrws Kayle Wells.

That was kcrws Kayle Wells.