Recompose

We're a full-service green funeral home in Seattle bringing human composting to the world founded by Katrina Spade.
♻️ Become soil when you die.

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.

04/09/2025

It’s not easy to photograph a funeral home - even a beautiful one like Recompose - but makes it look easy. With artistic direction (and hand modeling) by marketing maven we can’t wait to share the final results with you. Thanks for making our human composting vessels and soil look oh so glamorous. 📸

03/06/2025

Here’s a post of appreciation for some of the gorgeous plants in our Seattle facility. We love you, plants. 🌱 🪴 🍃

Want to come see these beauties for yourself? We’d love to have you join us for a tour and you can sign up online using the link in bio. 🔗

12/29/2024

This photo shows a box of a loved one’s soil ready for pick up at Recompose in Seattle.

As the year winds down, we’d like to thank all of the people who are part of the Recompose ecosystem.

To the friends and family of our clients, thank you for trusting us with the care of your loved ones.

To our staff, thank you for your dedicated tending to those who have died and to those who are grieving.

To our broad community of supporters - from social media fans to grassroots advocates to Precompose members - thank you for growing this regenerative death care option and spreading the word of human composting.

And to our clients - thank you for trusting us with the beautiful responsibility of returning you to the earth.

12/23/2024

Katrina Spade sat down with Buddhist scholar Stephanie Kaza and magazine for its volume titled the Afterlife. Their conversation touched on the natural cycling of all forms of life and how death is not really the end.

Creating frameworks for ritual is part of the work Recompose is doing to redesign the funeral industry. These frameworks include physical spaces like Cedar and the portal that is the Threshold Vessel. They also include the time it takes to transform a body into soil and the opportunity for family and friends to plant, nourish, and scatter that soil to return a loved one’s molecules to nature.

10/21/2024

Curious what happens to titanium hips and metal joints during human composting?When soil is removed from the vessel, our team screens for non-organics like metal fillings, prostheses, and artificial joints. If the family chooses, Recompose recycles these items. Reclaimed medical metal is sold as base metals and Recompose places 100% of the money earned from this recycling into our Community Fund. Since 2023, we’ve added over $21,000 into the fund from reclaimed medical metals, where it’s been used for people who can’t otherwise afford the full price of our service.

The Community Fund is also supported by the profits of the Recompose shop. If you would like to contribute to the Fund, you can shop for human composting gifts and gear or become a sponsor through our store online.

***

🔗 Check out the link in bio to learn more and support the Community Fund

10/12/2024

Many of us have had the experience of scattering the ashes of someone we love. These words shared by a Recompose client reaffirm our belief that there’s something powerful about scattering a loved one’s compost instead.

Maybe it’s the rich brown color, maybe it’s the earthy smell. Maybe it’s the nutrients we know are now nourishing plant-life. Maybe it’s the fact that the compost is a literal representation of a return to the natural ecosystems.

Maybe it’s as simple as knowing your person will live on in a different form.

10/10/2024

We love what our clients and visitors have to say about Recompose’s unique green funeral facility.

“I felt calm the minute I stepped through the door. The design inside and out is inspired by the outdoors and spoke to my love of the forest and nature. The attention to detail is incredible. I feel very fortunate to have this facility close to me and an available option to traditional burial methods.”

“The facility is so comforting and welcoming, you’d think it was a spa. Everything about Recompose is so well-thought, and I really appreciate the effort that the team has put into making the process of human composting more accessible, beautiful, and exciting.”

“Recompose is stunningly gorgeous. It’s a beautiful clean space, a careful and tender atmosphere, and luscious green imagery all around. The Gathering Space has tall ceilings and the illusion of sunbeams coming through the trees. Who knew it was possible to create such a sacred space in the middle of the industrial area of Seattle?”

Come see for yourself! You can read more about our beautiful spaces and state of the art human composting system at our website or sign up for a tour (links in bio.)

Address

4 S. Idaho Street
Seattle, WA
98134

Telephone

+12068008733

Website

https://linktr.ee/Recompose

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Recompose posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Recompose:

Shortcuts

Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Seattle?