What is a Compost Crock?
A compost crock is a container used for the collection of food waste for the purpose of composting. Although any resealable, airtight container can be used to collect kitchen scraps, compost crocks are designed and manufactured with this specific purpose in mind. In addition to functionality, many compost crocks are also designed to be an attractive addition to kitchen decor. On average, roughly 25 percent of solid waste disposed of at municipal landfills is composed of yard waste and food scraps. Composting is an almost effortless way to recycle food scraps by creating a nutrient-rich lawn and garden fertilizer known as humus. Once a composting box is placed in the yard, the only effort required to create humus is to collect the appropriate food scraps from the kitchen and deposit it in the outdoor box. Nature takes care of the rest. The humus produced can then be used as lawn fertilizer, mulch, and topsoil for new plants. The typical, commercially available compost crock is made from
