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Corpse-to-Soil Death Services

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Recompose is a Death Care Service Transforming Corpses into Soil

— February 6, 2021 — Business
Recompose is offering a more natural approach to death by providing loved one's with the option of transforming corpses into soil. In the brand's own words, "Recompose connects the end of life to the natural world." This innovative death care service serves as an alternative to burials or cremations, providing individuals with a meaningful option that gives back to the earth.

The process takes about 30 days, and is preformed in the company's 'Greenhouse', located outside of Seattle. Once complete, individuals will receive the soil and can nourish their own gardens, or spread in a meaningful place. Alternatively, Recompose has its own 'Forest' where the soil can be scattered. Both environmentally friendly and purpose-driven, Recompose offers a more and giving natural approach to post-life services.

Image Credit: Recompose
Trend Themes
1. Eco-friendly Death Services - Innovative death care services that promote sustainability and environmental conservation through natural post-life transformation processes.
2. Circular Economy Death Services - Death services that are designed to utilize organic matter as a resource to create value, such as compost and soil, rather than waste which is discarded.
3. Personalized Funeral Services - Innovative death care service providers that allow clients to have a special and personalized way of commemorating their loved ones through eco-friendly post-life transformation processes.
Industry Implications
1. Funeral Services - The eco-friendly and sustainable post-life transformation practices in funeral services present new business opportunities for providers to cater to clients that are consciously aware of environmental conservation.
2. Sustainability and Eco-friendly Solutions - The development of eco-friendly methods to dispose of organic waste materials creates opportunities for businesses to contribute to sustainability and the circular economy through the transformation of waste into useful products.
3. Agriculture and Landscaping - Recycling of organic materials through eco-friendly post-life transformation, such as creating compost, provides prospects for businesses in the agriculture and landscaping industries to source nutrient-rich soil to enhance crop growth and garden health.
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