Regenerating Bristol from the ground up
Generation Soil is a Bristol-based community composting and soil regeneration project.
We turn local food waste into living compost, restore soil health, and grow food through regenerative food systems that strengthen communities and reconnect people with the natural cycles that sustain life.
Food waste isn’t rubbish. Soil isn’t inert. Regeneration starts at home.
What we do in Bristol
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.
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.
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
Generation Soil CIC is a community interest company regenerating local food systems in Bristol through:
• community composting and food waste collection
• living compost production using fermentation and aerobic composting
• soil health and composting education
• regenerative food growing, including a two-acre food forest market garden
• partnerships with households, schools, businesses, and community groups
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.
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.
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 share practical knowledge that empowers people to grow soil, grow food, and grow resilience.
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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