# Compost Your Dead Body Graves Get Eco Friendly By Cowbag | Published 2007-04-05 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/compost-your-dead-bodies-graves-get-eco-friendly References: [bbc](http://www.bbc.co.uk) According to a survey by the Daily Mail (UK) a number of local authorities are considering authorising a radical new technique from Sweden to deal with [dead bodies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hollywood-forever-cemetery). Called promession it involves freeze drying corpses in liquid nitrogen and then breaking them down into powder. The water that makes up two thirds of the bulk of a human being evaporates away and any [toxic parts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aquafade) like those mercury fillings can be separated out. The resulting powder will apparently [compost away into a rich soil](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/efficient-composting-technology) in just a couple of months. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.7/10 - Popularity: 25% | Activity: 49% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Eco-friendly Burial:** The trend of eco-friendly burial methods, such as promession, offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the funeral industry. - **Sustainable Decomposition:** The trend towards sustainable decomposition techniques, like freeze drying and composting of human remains, presents disruptive innovation opportunities for waste management and environmental industries. - **Alternative Funeral Practices:** The trend of exploring alternative funeral practices, such as the use of liquid nitrogen to break down corpses, enables disruptive innovations in the funeral services sector. ### Where This Applies - **Funeral Services:** Incorporating eco-friendly burial methods like promession into the funeral services industry can drive disruptive innovation and sustainability. - **Waste Management:** Adopting sustainable decomposition techniques, such as freeze drying and composting of human remains, in the waste management industry can lead to disruptive innovation in handling organic waste. - **Environmental Services:** The adoption of alternative funeral practices, such as the use of liquid nitrogen for decomposition, offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the environmental services sector for managing organic materials. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Deep Sea Funerals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/deep-sea-funeral.md) - [Mycelium-Made Biodegradable Urns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sail-funerary-urn.md) - [Eco-Friendly Pet Tree Burial Kits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecofriendly-pet-tree-burial-kit.md) - [3D-Printed Ecological Funeral Reefs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/resting-reefs.md) - [Biodegradable Pet Urns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paw-pods-1.md) - [Hyper-Fast Countertop Composters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vitamix-foodcycler-eco-5.md) - [Microbe-Rich Kitchen Composters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/geme-composter.md) - [Odor-Busting Waste Composters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/waste-composter.md) - [Electric Food Recyclers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foodcycler-eco-3.md)