Recompose

12/10/2025

Martha Stewart recently shared on a podcast that she’d like to be composted on her farm. Just like her horses, she hopes for a return to nature at the end of her life—without coffins or tombstones. Her comment has taken the internet by storm, and we couldn’t be happier. At Recompose, we’ve spent over a decade helping people understand and access human composting. Having a celebrity like Martha spark a national conversation is a huge moment for the sustainable death care movement.

The viral moment also points to something deeper: more people are rethinking what it means to leave a legacy, care for the earth at the end of life, and plan ahead with intention.

🔗 Check out the link in our bio for a blog post where we cover the basics of human composting in response to Martha Stewart’s viral comment.

🌱 How do you want to leave a legacy through human composting? Share with us in the comments—what would your friends and family to do with your soil? Where do you want to grow new life after you’re gone?

12/07/2025

Are you a licensed funeral director? Recompose is hiring. Learn more and apply here: https://recompose.life/who-we-are/ (And thank you for sharing widely!)

Recompose is a public benefit corporation powered by people who believe in changing the current death care paradigm. We approach this work with energy, tenacity, and joy. Learn more about us.

11/20/2025

If you need our death care services in the coming days, weeks, or months, Recompose is here for you. Give us a call at 206-800-8733.

11/07/2025

When people gather for a ceremony at Recompose, their person is laid in this cradle, wrapped in a shroud, then nested into wood chips, alfalfa, and straw—the plant materials we use in the composting process. Toward the end of the ceremony, friends and family are invited to come forward and lay organic matter onto and around their person’s body. They may have gone to the farmers market to get their person’s favorite flowers, or brought moss or herbs from the backyard garden. Sometimes, people write love letters, and those are also composted together with the person who has died.

At a recent open house in Seattle, Recompose guests participated in a ritual where they wrote notes about a feeling, person, or thing they were missing or mourning. Several weeks later, our Soil Team composted these notes—without a person this time—as part of a regular practice they have of creating a non-human compost batch for ongoing research and maintenance.

Through this ritual, our visitors' grief—their organic matter—was carried forward in Recompose's day-to-day work, becoming part of the cycle of death and rebirth.

11/04/2025

A client recently shared these incredibly touching words:

“It was the best experience working with your entire team. She is now resting under a beautiful oak tree on a farm in Dallas. When I pass, I will go through the same process in Seattle, and then my friends will put my soil on top of hers. So we are together again, forever.

I certainly hope that this wonderful new option would help others to rethink and reconsider the limited and centuries-old burial practices, especially for partners who want to stay close together forever.”

Stories like Thomas’s remind us why we do what we do. They shine a light on the healing power of soil transformation, and we are deeply grateful to those who entrust us with their loved ones and share their experiences to guide others on this journey.

10/29/2025

Are you curious how Recompose is leading sustainability in the funeral and human composting industries?

Our work is rooted in nature, with innovation and sustainability at the core of our operations. In 2011, our founder, began developing a scalable, ecological urban alternative to conventional burial and cremation. After successfully leading grassroots legislation efforts to legalize human composting in Washington State in 2019, Recompose became the first facility in the world to offer this service.

Our process saves over a metric ton of carbon emissions per person compared to conventional death care, while creating nutrient-rich soil that supports new life.

But sustainability at Recompose goes far beyond environmental impact. We approach sustainability holistically, recognizing that long-term environmental health is inseparable from social equity and economic viability. Every decision we make prioritizes lasting impact over short-term gain.

Here are some examples of our commitment to sustainability:

* The Recompose Land Program partners with carefully selected nonprofit organizations working to reverse habitat and biodiversity loss, giving Recompose clients the option to donate soil and contribute to the greater good. 
* Durable composting vessels, made from stainless steel in the U.S. and designed to last over 70 years.
* The Recompose Community Fund helps make human composting accessible to those who may not otherwise afford it.
* Responsible material handling, including screening soil for non-organic matter and recycling metals that families choose not to keep.

Here’s to a future with thriving ecosystems, people, and planet. 🌎 🍃

10/29/2025

There are signs of nature everywhere you look at Recompose’s Seattle location. 🍃 If you haven’t yet done so, we hope you’ll come visit us in person or virtually - simply sign up for a tour (link in bio). We’d love to show you around and share what makes our green funeral home special. 🍁

09/26/2025

You did it again! Thanks to your votes, your trust in us, and your energy as we’ve built this movement together, Recompose has won best funeral home in the Pacific Northwest. This honor is made even sweeter by the fact that it’s a people’s choice award. And we’ve won it three years running. Here’s to many, many more years of greening the funeral industry and growing something beautiful in death. 🏆

08/24/2025

Who would you want at your laying-in ceremony? Can you imagine your nearest and dearest gently placing your body into the Threshold Vessel?

The laying-in ceremony at Recompose is a way to honor you and mark the fact that you’ve died. By placing your body into the Threshold Vessel, your loved ones are sending you off on your journey into the next phase - from human to life-giving soil.

Recompose clients have personalized their laying-in ceremonies in many different ways, from incorporating live music, prayers, and traditional faith customs to creating new rituals around this nature-based death care method. What will you bring to your end of life with Recompose?

(The figure shown here isn’t a real body, it’s a mannequin used to demonstrate Recompose’s Gathering Space and Threshold Vessel. We call the mannequin “Fern” - she’s a beloved part of the Recompose team.)

07/05/2025

This is Douglas, one of our licensed funeral directors. Together with the whole Recompose team, he’s here to support when the weather gets stormy. 🌩️

Whether you know someone who is close to death or you want to plan ahead to ensure your own death care actually benefits this planet, you can simply give us a call. 🌏

No matter what’s happening out there in the world, Recompose is here. Find our number and learn more about our personalized and intentional green funeral services at the link in bio. 🌱

06/23/2025

Stunning flowers by local Seattle florist adorn our shrouded mannequin (who we’ve named “Fern”) as part of a recent photoshoot by

We love showing folks the possibilities for ceremony and we love seeing how our clients choose to use our space.

If you haven’t yet, consider coming in for a tour of Recompose’s Seattle location. You can sign up for a tour at the link in bio - we have both in-person and virtual options.

Learn how you can grow something beautiful in death.

06/18/2025

We’re seeking a licensed funeral to come join the team at Recompose:

Recompose is a green funeral home specializing in the service of human composting that transforms bodies into soil. The Recompose model offers an authentic, participatory experience for families and a natural return to the earth for the dead.

We are seeking a licensed funeral director for our Seattle location who is ready to participate in the new death care model that the Recompose team offers. The Services Specialist will be a main point of contact with our clients throughout the duration of the Recompose process. This role will provide excellent customer service by offering straightforward information and regular communication with chosen family members and friends. They will educate clients about the human composting process and the natural body care services offered by Recompose.

Additional responsibilities include managing the transportation, storage, and care of bodies prior to soil transformation, and completing necessary paperwork for record-keeping and compliance. The Services Specialist will also plan and facilitate ceremonies, both in-person in our Seattle facility and online.

Great salary, benefits, and people.
Learn more and apply at link in bio.