Compost Bin Zombie

Compost Bin Zombie is the first new zombie encountered in The Sanctuary in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, first appearing on Level 2A. Compost Bin Zombie pushes a compost bin across the lawn, which can crush plants instantly and turn it into compost to fill up the bin (ground plants like Spikeweed and single-use plants that activate on contact like Iceberg Lettuce cannot be crushed by the bin). The amount of compost that fills up from crushing a plant depends on the sun cost of the plant. The bin requires 200 sun worth of plants to be full (so free plants like Puff-shroom isn't going to fill up the bin whatsoever). The bin is also able to crush The Wilted (each Wilted plant fills the bin by the same amount of sun as their normal counterpart), making this zombie one of, if not the only normal zombie that can attack The Wilted. If the bin is destroyed while it is full, it will drop fertiliser, which you can collect by clicking/tapping on. The fertiliser will then be placed in your UI next to your Plant Food bar (this'll allow you to use it anytime you want to). You can then click/tap on the fertiliser again and click/tap on a seed packet that you have (or you can drag and drop) to reduce the recharge time of that seed packet to 5 seconds, for 20 seconds, unless the plant has a recharge of 5 seconds or less, in which then the recharge will be reduced to 1 second, for 5 seconds.
==Almanac entry==
Compost Bin Zombie
Toughness: Hardened
Speed: Stiff
Uses a bin to crush plants. Crushing enough fills the bin, which gives fertiliser upon destruction.
Special: Destroying filled up bin gives fertiliser to speed up recharge time for a selected seed packet
If you didn't already know, this zombie loves compost as much as he loves brains. Other zombies can't understand exactly why Compost Bin Zombie just loves compost, especially when it can be exploited by plants. Don't bother asking him, the only thing he'll answer you with is just 'compost', and he's not going to be hesitant on repeating himself. Then again, at least this zombie knows another word apart from 'brains'.
==Encounters==
The Sanctuary: Levels 2A, 3A, 5A, 6A, 10A, 11A, 13A, 14A, 15A, 17A, 20A, 1B, 4B, 1C, 3C, 1D, 5D, 2E, 3E, 23A, 26A, 31A, 37A, 39A, 5B, 8B, 9C, 10E and X.
==Strategies==
Compost Bin Zombie is able to instantly crush any plants he comes into contact with, making him a threat. The bin acts more like a shield rather than the headwear of most zombies, so plants like Fume-shroom are useful in defeating the zombie before he gets to crush any of your plants, since Fume-shroom can shoot through the bin (the bin will remain stationary if the zombie is defeated). However, it'd be good to try and exploit this zombie's ability before taking the zombie out. Any Wilted plants present in his lane can already help to fill up the bin while Compost Bin Zombie also helps to remove these threats, making the interaction between him and The Wilted beneficial to you. If there are no Wilted present and you still would like to try filling the bin to use the fertiliser, you can try purposely planting a plant like a Repeater right in front of the bin, immediately filling it up and giving you the fertiliser which you can use once the bin is destroyed. Avoid using any relatively slow recharge plants to fill up the bin, as it is wasteful and forces you to wait for the seed packet to recharge in order to use it again for other means. Try not to use relatively low cost plants either like Sun-shroom, as you will require many of these to fill up the bin, and can take a while. Free plants like Puff-shroom are out of the question, as they won't be able to fill up the bin by any amount. Fertiliser can be used on both fast and relatively slow recharge plants, both of them having their advantages. With a surplus of sun, you can spam fast recharge plants faster, allowing you to build up your defense at a much faster rate. Using fertiliser on plants with a relatively slow recharge is self-explanatory, you can speed up their recharge and use them more frequently than you usually can.
==Gallery==
CBZ (with bin).png|Compost Bin Zombie (HD)
CBZ (without bin).png|Compost Bin Zombie without his bin
CBZ (bin filled up).png|Compost Bin Zombie with his bin filled up
CBZ and fertiliser.png|Compost Bin Zombie walking past fertiliser that was dropped after the bin was destroyed
CBZ degrade.png|Degrade
CBZ bin's first degrade.png|Bin's first degrade
CBZ bin's second degrade.png|Bin's second degrade 
Compost Bin Zombie Idling.gif|Idling
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