Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery plans to offer human composting

Name: Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery plans to offer human composting
Uploaded: 2026-02-05T19:24:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 24 s
Description: In what could be a first for our area, Green-Wood Cemetery is Brooklyn is planning to offer so-called "human composting." Some say it's an environmentally conscious way to care for the dead, but not everyone agrees with this approach to a final resting place. CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger reports.

In what could be a first for our area, Green-Wood Cemetery is Brooklyn is planning to offer so-called "human composting." Some say it's an environmentally conscious way to care for the dead, but not everyone agrees with this approach to a final resting place. CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger reports.