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Human composting facilities, the first since Colorado law change, offer unique burial option

Katrina Spade at the newly leased 50,000-square-foot facility for Recompose, ecological death care, in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. The Colorado Legislature passed a law that would allow people to be composted after they die in the state, following the lead of Washington. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) A 50,000-square-foot warehouse housed in a gray, nondescript building in Montbello sat empty Thursday, but by mid-next year, it will be transformed into the latest — and largest — Denver-area facility where human bodies can be composted. The building will have places where families can hold ceremonies for their loved ones, the design of the gathering spaces highlighting forests and woods around Colorado.

 

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