Patent ID: 8245848

Claim:
A method, comprising: forming an ambient biodegradable container having a shelf life of twenty-four months or less, the forming of the container including: forming an enclosed body having an opening through an interior surface and an exterior surface, the forming of the body including: forming the interior surface of the enclosed body by covering a first side of an ambient biodegradable plant fiber structural layer with an ambient biodegradable fluid barrier layer, the plant fiber structural layer and the fluid barrier layer configured to degrade into nontoxic residue in ambient environmental temperatures in the range of 20 and 30 degrees Celsius; forming the opening through the plant fiber structural layer, the opening having a width that is smaller than an average width of the enclosed body; and manipulating the plant fiber structural layer to form the enclosed body; and coupling an ambient biodegradable mouth to the opening, the mouth in fluid communication with the interior surface of the enclosed body and configured to cooperate with the fluid barrier layer to protect the plant fiber structural layer from moisture, the mouth configured to degrade into nontoxic residue in ambient environmental temperatures in the range of 20 and 30 degrees Celsius.