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# Corpse-to-Soil Death Services
Recompose is a Death Care Service Transforming Corpses into Soil

By Ell Smith | Published 2021-02-06 | Business
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/recompose1
References: [recompose.life](https://recompose.life/)

Recompose is offering a more natural approach to death by providing loved one's with the option of [transforming corpses into soil](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/treesoil). 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](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/urna-project), 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](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smoothie-happy-hour)', 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 Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 3.1/10
- Popularity: 49% | Activity: 35% | Freshness: 9%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Eco-friendly Death Services:** Innovative death care services that promote sustainability and environmental conservation through natural post-life transformation processes.
- **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.
- **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.

### Who This Affects Most

- **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.
- **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.
- **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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