Mother buries her son by COMPOSTING his body in ‘green’ funeral – leaving TikTok users shocked

If a traditional funeral doesn’t feel right, there’s a new option that has TikTok users stunned: human composting.

The inventive process, which starts at $4,950, involves leaving her remains for terramation, which causes her body to return to the earth becoming soil.

A recent video that is going viral on TikTok and has over 52 million views shows a woman choosing this method for her only child.

In the clip, she can be seen taking a photo of a flower-covered body before vigorously raking layers of wood chips around the large body-sized container.

A second video shows the same woman cutting a young man’s hair, adding the locks to the compost box as a gesture of love for the deceased.

US company Return Home, which launched in 2019, recently shared how its services work on social media through its @returnhomenor account, where it has 659,300 followers, and has wowed viewers.

But what does a ‘green burial’ actually entail?

Brienna Smith, who works for the company, told NeedToKnow.Online: ‘It really is quite simple!

‘We load an empty container with a mixture of organic materials that combine to accelerate the decomposition of the human body.

“Over the course of 60 to 90 days, we constantly monitor the oxygen flow, temperature, and humidity level inside those containers.

“This constant monitoring allows us to make the necessary adjustments to ensure a smooth grounding.”

Burial materials include alfalfa straw and sawdust and all bodies are dressed in custom-made robes made from compostable pressed cotton.

In one of the company’s TikTok videos, an employee details what happens to the bones after the body decomposes.

She explains: “After phase one of our process, we move on to what’s called sorting, where we can remove anything inorganic from the compost, and we remove the pits at that point as well.”

The bones are then placed in a cremulator, much like you would find in a crematorium, and we break them down into smaller parts…then the bones are put back into the compost and allowed to cure for another 30 days.

“Bones are now porous so that microbes can consume them.”

According to Brienna, terramation is better for the environment and also “gentler” for the body.

She said: ‘The process is much gentler on the earth, the operator and the body itself.

‘”Traditional” American cremation and burial are bad for the environment and use an incredible amount of resources.

“Terration requires very few resources and the process is almost completely passive, so very little energy is used.

“It’s also much gentler on the deceased than embalming or cremation, and the body remains completely whole during the process, which cannot be said of any other method of disposition aside from a green burial.”

Some social media users asked if the facility smells bad.

One of the employees says there is no smell as there is an ‘incredible’ vacuum system that pulls all the air, gases and moisture out of the building and passes it through a biofilter.

She explains that this means the facility is “completely odorless so families can visit at any time.”

Once the human body has been transformed into dirt, it is sent back to the family or may be dispersed.

Brienna says that choosing terramation allows people to become more involved in the afterlife care of their loved ones.

He continued: ‘Terramation, while focused on the sustainability of the death care industry, would be nothing without the people who have chosen the service.

‘Several of our staff have been funeral professionals their entire adult lives, and our experiences at Return Home have altered everything we thought we knew about death and grief.

“Those who choose terramation know that they will be offered the chance to participate in the care of their loved ones after life in the most detailed way they choose.”

TikTok users were impressed with the green burial option, giving their thoughts in the comments section.

The recent video shows the composting process, with text throughout the clip reading: “When your only son dies and you can fulfill his wish to be composted to the end…”

‘Are you telling me that I could feed my plants?’ Emily asked, adding several emotional looking emojis.

“When I die I want to become a tree,” Octavia said. [sic]

‘Wow, I didn’t even know this existed,’ Elise said.

Another user said: ‘I want to be returned to the earth so that my energy can live and provide.’

Jaeden Gomez wrote: ‘This is what I want’.

“This is beautiful,” Warenya said.

Rox said, ‘Yes, that’s my last wish too.’ [sic]

“This is always what I’ve wanted and I didn’t know it was real,” someone else said.

“This… this is exactly how I want it to happen,” said another user. [sic]

One person added: ‘This is so much more beautiful than a typical burial today. You are participating in the funeral, putting flowers, wrapping them up.