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Jan 2021 — Location Announcement

Welcome to the Recompose Greenhouse

Photos and details about our first location

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May 2019 — Company Announcement

Recompose opens funding round for sustainable death care option

$6.75M Series A round will fund Recompose’s startup and growth

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What To Do When Your Person Dies

We understand that death can be an overwhelming time. It is our mission to make the death care process as straightforward and gentle as possible.

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About the Laying-In

Recompose calls the practice of placing a body into a vessel the “laying‑in.” The laying‑in marks the moment your person's transformation into soil begins.

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How to Fill Out Your Vital Statistics

Personal information required for a death certificate

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Making Your Precompose Trust Irrevocable

This optional step is most often utilized for Medicaid eligibility

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How to Document Your Death Care Wishes

Legally documenting your future wishes

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How to Inform Professional Advisors About Recompose

Notifying your lawyer, accountant, or medical provider

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Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home in the U.S., is now open for business

January 2021

Competition emerges in the Seattle-area human-composting funeral business

September 2020

COVID moves Recompose, the human-composting alternative to burial and cremation, into smaller space, accelerated timeline

August 2020

The Departed Could Soon Become Compost in Colorado

Ashes to Ashes. Dust to Dust. Or, in Washington State, You Could Now Be Compost.

May 2019

A Project to Turn Corpses Into Compost

April 2015

The world’s first human composting facility will let us recycle ourselves

November 2019

Water cremation and human composting: the new, eco-friendly frontier of dying

August 2019

Life after death: Recompose, a soil-based alternative to burial and cremation, moves closer to reality

November 2018

'More and more people don't want a traditional burial'

Human compost funerals 'better for environment'

February 2020

Composting human bodies to turn them into soil will soon be legal in one US state — part of a growing green death trend

May 2019

Could ‘Human Composting’ Mean a Better, Greener Death?

January 2019

Life After Death: What Human Burial Options Will Look Like in a Sustainable Future

August 2020

Human composting company Recompose raises $4.7M and hires GM ahead of 2021 Seattle opening

March 2020

Compost your departed loved one and save the planet, L.A. lawmaker says

February 2020

The startup turning human bodies into compost

October 2020

Washington could become the first state to legalize human composting

December 2018

Compost Your Loved Ones

August 2019

The Newly Legal Process for Turning Human Corpses to Soil

October 2020

From Compost You Came and to Compost You Shall Return

July 2015

The Architect Who Wants to Redesign Being Dead

September 2015

Washington passes bill to become first state to compost human bodies

April 2019

Resources

Company News

Jan 2021 — Location Announcement

Welcome to the Recompose Greenhouse

May 2019 — Company Announcement

Recompose opens funding round for sustainable death care option

Educational Articles

Support

What To Do When Your Person Dies

Support

About the Laying-In

Precompose

How to Fill Out Your Vital Statistics

Precompose

Making Your Precompose Trust Irrevocable

Precompose

How to Document Your Death Care Wishes

Precompose

How to Inform Professional Advisors About Recompose

Press

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