In this Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, photo, a cremulator at The Natural Funeral'sFuneral's human body composting facility in Arvada, Colo. On Sept. 7, Colorado became the second state after Washington to allow human body composting, and Oregon will allow the practice beginning next July. Vessels will be packed with wood chips and straw and will compost a body in six months. About three months into the process, the vessel is opened, and the "soil" is filtered for any medical devices like prosthetics, pacemakers, or joint replacements. The remaining large bones are then pulverized by the cremulator and returned to the vessel. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)