Patent ID: 8852335

Claim:
A backyard compostable container, comprising: an enclosed body having an opening through an interior surface and an exterior surface, the enclosed body having an average width, the opening being smaller than the average width of the body, the body comprising: an ambient compostable plant-based structural layer configured to completely breakdown into nontoxic residue in ambient environmental temperatures in the range of 20 and 30 degrees Celsius without application of additional heat; an ambient compostable fluid barrier layer formed on a first side of the structural layer to form the interior surface of the enclosed body, the fluid barrier layer configured to completely breakdown into nontoxic residue in ambient environmental temperatures in the range of 20 and 30 degrees Celsius without application of additional heat; and an ambient compostable mouth coupled to the opening and in fluid communication with the interior surface of the enclosed body, the mouth configured to cooperate with the fluid barrier layer to protect the plant fiber structural layer from moisture, the mouth configured to completely breakdown into nontoxic residue in ambient environmental temperatures in the range of 20 and 30 degrees Celsius without application of additional heat.