One of the world’s largest human composting facilities just opened near the nation’s capital, according to Axios.
Earth Funeral recently opened an approximately 36,000 square foothuman compostingsite in Elkridge, Maryland, AxiosreportedMonday. It has a capacity for 56 “composting vessels.”
CEO Tom Harries told Axios he plans to double that capacity and continue the company’s nationwide expansion.
Earth Funeral announced the facility’s opening in a Facebookposton May 5.
Human composting is legal in 14 states, according to Earth Funeral’sstate tracker, and Oklahoma nearly joined them this year.
However, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed abillaimed at legalizing it within the state, News 9reportedMay 13.
Human composting is also known as “soil transportation,” which is “a sustainable alternative to cremation, traditional burial and aquamation,” according to Earth Funeral’swebsite.
This is done by placing a body “in a vessel with a mix of organic materials to provide the right balance of nitrogen and carbon” to break down the remains naturally.
Republican State Rep. Jim Shaw spearheaded that bill’s opposition, the Daily Caller News Foundation previously reported. When asked for comment on the new Maryland facility, he told the DCNF in an email Wednesday that “this site and the overall practice of turning dead bodies into human compost should be shocking and surprising to everyone.”
One retired Air Force Colonelreportedlytold Axios that he discovered Earth Funeral when planning his estate and plans to lobby the Arlington National Cemetery to permit composted remains.
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