Recompose's Human Composting Is a Respectful, Newly Legal Death Care Option

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Traditional burials and cremation aren't great for the environment. Human composting company recomposelife—a winner of our 2023 GizmodoScienceFair—offers a different path.

“The question was: how do we take this process that will work for humans, because it works for livestock, and make it appropriate for humans, given the way we approach human death and ritual ceremony?” said Katrina Spade, the founder and CEO of Recompose.

“With traditional funeral homes, you plan a funeral within a week or two, and it’s done,” said Morgan Yarborough, the company’s service manager. “With us, we have that relationship with clients for a couple of months. They can see the vessel and the plant materials we use, but understanding that your person is in that vessel for over a month—that is really different for most people.

 

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