Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home in the U.S., is now open for business By Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times Published: January 24, 2021, 6:00am Share: 2 Photos Washington is the first state to legalize human composting. This is a rendering of what a Recompose facility for human composting could look like. MOLT Studios Photo Gallery Somewhere in Kent, tucked anonymously into acres of warehouses and light-industrial workshops, the first full-service human-composting funeral home in the United States is operational. After nearly a decade of planning, research and fundraising — not to mention a successful campaign to change state law — Recompose is finally converting people into soil.