Human Composting Sites May Be Coming to a City Near You

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 foot human composting site in Elkridge, Maryland, Axios reported Monday. 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 Facebook post on May 5.

Human composting is legal in 14 states, according to Earth Funeral’s state tracker, and Oklahoma nearly joined them this year.

However, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill aimed at legalizing it within the state, News 9 reported May 13.

Human composting is also known as “soil transportation,” which is “a sustainable alternative to cremation, traditional burial and aquamation,” according to Earth Funeral’s website.

This is done by placing a body “in a vessel with a mix