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Human composting offers an environmentally friendly end. Some are pushing to legalize it in Illinois.

Roxann Specht’s 2024 note about choosing to compost her body after her death shows her husband Jerry Specht’s agreement to do the same. He wrote: “The same for me as well!” In 2025, Jerry died and Roxann carried out his wishes. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Roxann Specht’s 2024 note about choosing to compost her body after her death shows her husband Jerry Specht’s agreement to do the same. He wrote: “The same for me as well!” In 2025, Jerry died and Roxann carried out his wishes. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Adriana Pérez is a general assignment and environment reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
By | adperez@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune
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This green approach avoids the release of smoke from cremation and the leaking of fluids from burying embalmed bodies.
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