Regenerating Bristol from the ground up
Generation Soil CIC is a Bristol-based community composting organisation working at the intersection of food waste, soil health, and local regeneration.
We collect food waste from households and small businesses across Bristol and compost it locally through the Bristol Living Compost Project. That material is transformed into biologically active, living compost and returned to gardens, allotments, and community growing spaces across the city.
Alongside food waste collection, we deliver soil regeneration projects, composting education, hands-on workshops, and one-to-one compost consultations. Our work helps people understand soil as a living system and build composting approaches that actually work in real homes, gardens, and communities.
We are not a conventional waste contractor, and we are not a volume compost retailer.
Our focus is community-scale systems that keep nutrients local, make biological processes visible, and rebuild soil health where food is grown.
Food waste isn’t rubbish. Soil isn’t inert. Regeneration starts at home.
What we do in Bristol
All core services are delivered within Bristol unless otherwise stated.
Generation Soil provides community composting, food waste collection, living compost, and composting education in Bristol.
We collect food waste from households and small businesses, compost it locally through the Bristol Living Compost Project, and return nutrients to soil as living compost for gardens, allotments, schools, and community growing spaces.
Education workshops are delivered across Bristol and the South West, with online compost consultations available UK-wide.
A community approach to food waste, soil health, and regeneration
Every day, Bristol throws away nutrients that should be feeding soil, growing food, and supporting life.
At Generation Soil, we keep food waste local and put it back where it belongs: in the ground.
We are a community-led composting and soil regeneration project, not a traditional retail compost supplier.
Unlike standard food waste services, we do not export waste or sell mass-produced compost. Our work focuses on keeping nutrients, biology, and benefit within Bristol.
By composting food waste within the city and returning it as living compost, we help rebuild urban soils, support biodiversity, improve food growing, and create a healthier, more resilient Bristol.
This isn’t waste management.
It’s community-led regeneration.
We believe regeneration starts with everyday actions, in kitchens, cafés, schools, and businesses. When those actions are connected through shared systems, small changes become collective impact.
That’s what Generation Soil exists to build.
What Generation Soil does
Community composting
Food waste collection for households and small businesses with the Bristol Living Compost Project.
Soil and compost education
Composting and soil health workshops (Bristol & South West).
The Compost Clinic
Online 1:1 compost consultations (UK-wide)
Regenerative growing
A two-acre food forest market garden in Bristol
Our work keeps nutrients in Bristol, supports healthy soils, and builds resilient local food systems.
We also provide advice on circular food systems in Bristol, helping organisations connect food waste, soil health, and local growing into practical loops.
Beyond Bristol
While our core composting services are Bristol-based, we also support people beyond the city through:
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online 1:1 compost consultations to design personalised composting systems
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bespoke compost delivery outside Bristol, priced to reflect distance and logistics
This allows us to share knowledge more widely while keeping our physical systems rooted locally.
Generation Soil is a community composting and soil regeneration project, not a traditional compost or gardening product business.
The Bristol Living Compost Project
The Bristol Living Compost Project is our city-wide, community-led composting initiative for households and businesses.
When people join the project:
✅ Food scraps are collected locally
✅ Waste is fermented and composted with beneficial microbes
✅ Living compost is returned to gardens, allotments, and growing spaces
✅ Nutrients stay in Bristol instead of being shipped away
This is how everyday actions become collective impact.
Growing the Loop in Bristol
We’re closing the loop between what Bristol eats and what Bristol grows.
Through community composting, bokashi fermentation, and local processing, every bucket of food waste becomes a building block for:
✅ healthier urban soils
✅ stronger biodiversity
✅ local food security
✅ climate resilience
Food waste doesn’t vanish.
It comes back to life as soil.
Our impact so far
What Bristol Households Are Already Making Possible
Thanks to the commitment of our members, regeneration is already happening.
In 2025 so far:
✅ 32,640 litres of food waste composted locally
✅ 13.8 tonnes of CO₂-equivalent emissions avoided
✅ 58 households and 8 businesses actively composting
The average household contributed 178 litres per year, simply by changing how they deal with everyday kitchen scraps.
Small, practical actions.
Multiplied across a city.
Bristol’s Two-Acre Food Forest Market Garden
Our two-acre food forest market garden is living proof that regeneration works.
Powered by compost made from Bristol’s food waste, the garden is transforming compacted farmland into a thriving ecosystem. It’s where we grow nutrient-rich food, restore biodiversity, and create a shared space for learning and connection.
This is the loop, made visible.
Looking to buy compost locally? Here’s how to buy living compost in Bristol, made in small batches as part of our community composting project.
Our living compost is handmade in Bristol using locally collected food waste, wood shavings, and biochar.
Rich in beneficial microbes, it:
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feeds plants naturally
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restores soil health
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improves structure and water retention
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closes the loop between food and land
Ideal for gardens, allotments, pots, and urban growing spaces.
Our living compost is produced in small batches as part of our community composting system and is primarily available in Bristol.
Compost can be shipped outside Bristol on request with bespoke pricing.
Whether you live in a flat, run a business, or manage a community garden, we help people learn how to work with microbes, not against them. Through:
We run hands-on composting and soil education workshops for schools, communities, and organisations across Bristol and the South West.
What our members say
Jess. Member since January 2025
“I wasn’t really composting before because of the smell and mess, but bokashi has completely changed that. The compost is incredible and my plants are thriving. You can tell how much care goes into this.”
Connor. Member since December 2024
“Turning my food waste into the best compost I’ve ever used. Couldn’t be happier.”
Clare. Member since May 2025
“Great service and initiative. Really easy process and we love knowing our food waste is being put to good use.”
Dave, Bruhaha Brewery
“Generation Soil went above and beyond. A unique, easy system that aligns perfectly with our sustainability values. We couldn’t recommend them highly enough.”
Generation Soil CIC is a Bristol-based community interest company regenerating local food systems through community composting, soil education, and regenerative growing.
We work with households and businesses to keep food waste local, turn it into living compost, and return it to the soil to grow food, support biodiversity, and build resilient communities.
who we've worked with
We collaborate with councils, schools, charities, festivals, and community organisations across Bristol and beyond to grow regeneration at scale.
Join the Bristol Living Compost Project
We’ll give you:
✅ a bucket and bokashi bran
✅ simple guidance
✅ local support
You fill it.
We collect it.
Together, we turn food waste into living soil.
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