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One of the world\u2019s largest human composting facilities just opened near the nation\u2019s capital, according to Axios.<\/p>\n

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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 \u201ccomposting vessels.\u201d CEO Tom Harries told Axios he plans to double that capacity and continue the company\u2019s nationwide expansion.<\/p>\n

Earth Funeral announced the facility\u2019s opening in a Facebook post on May 5.<\/p>\n

Human composting is legal in 14 states, according to Earth Funeral\u2019s 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. (RELATED: Oklahoma Advances Bill To Turn Dead Humans Into Actual Fertilizer)<\/p>\n

Human composting is also known as \u201csoil transportation,\u201d which is \u201ca sustainable alternative to cremation, traditional burial and aquamation,\u201d according to Earth Funeral\u2019s website. This is done by placing a body \u201cin a vessel with a mix of organic materials to provide the right balance of nitrogen and carbon\u201d to break down the remains naturally.<\/p>\n

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Republican State Rep. Jim Shaw spearheaded that bill\u2019s 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 \u201cthis site and the overall practice of turning dead bodies into human compost should be shocking and surprising to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

One retired Air Force Colonel reportedly told Axios that he discovered Earth Funeral when planning his estate and plans to lobby the Arlington National Cemetery to permit composted remains. Shaw told the DCNF he \u201ccan\u2019t think of anything worse to dishonor the former or fallen military service members who served and possibly gave their lives for our country,\u201d regarding that comment.<\/p>\n

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Oklahoma State Capitol (Shutterstock\/Paul Brady Photography)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIf we start blurring the lines between dignity and utility, you do it first in death, then eventually you start doing it in life. Every regime that has treated human beings as raw material whether it was for labor, or experimentation or disposal, began that same quiet shift into darkness. A person becomes secondary, the system becomes primary,\u201d Shaw said, quoting Glenn Beck\u2019s coverage of the recently vetoed bill.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUltimately, the way we treat our dead says a lot about what we believe as a society. We need to be very concerned about viewing people as, and turning them into, products,\u201d Shaw said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people intrinsically know that human beings are not waste, we are not raw material to be repurposed in death or in life. We were created by God,\u201d Shaw told the DCNF.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earth Funeral\u2019s service takes around 45 days and costs on average less than $6,000, according to Axios. Families are also allowed to keep or donate the roughly 300-pounds of soil afterwards.<\/p>\n

When asked how Earth Funeral would address religious or moral opposition to human composting, CEO Tom Harries said \u201cthis is purely about consumer choice. Soil transformation is one option \u2013 an environmental alternative to burial and cremation \u2013 not a mandate. We welcome questions and concerns from anyone looking for new, greener death care options.\u201d<\/div>\n

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