Burial in HPP

[MarkP]

Composting of livestock mortalities is increasingly becoming an accepted method of disposal of carcasses as large as cows and horses. The proper technique requires a sufficient bed of absorbent woody material under the carcass to absorb body fluids, sufficient cover with compostables over the carcass, and a roof to prevent leaching of the decomposition fluids beyond the compost heap. This would actually be cleaner than what we do when we put sewage into a cesspool. Just an old fashioned burial would be no worse than the cesspool as long as sufficient cover was achieved.

Point well taken AlohaSteven about dead bodies and surface water. Sounds like the composting gurus agree, hence the absorbent bed and roof.