Your food waste doesn’t have to leave Bristol
Turn it into living soil through a simple, local loop.
Food → Compost → Soil → Food
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This is where it starts. With what you throw away.
WHY THIS EXISTS
Every day, Bristol throws away nutrients that should be feeding soil. We keep them here.
Food waste is composted locally and returned to soil across the city.
Not exported. Not hidden. Handled carefully, and brought back to life.
From food waste... to living soil
This is the loop in action.
HOW IT WORKS
This is not a waste collection service.
It’s a shared system that works over time.
Here’s how it works:
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You collect food waste
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We compost it locally
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It returns to soil across Bristol
What leaves your kitchen doesn’t disappear.
It comes back to life.
WHAT WE DO
We work across the full food system:
Collecting food waste
From households and businesses across Bristol
Making living compost
Small-batch, biologically active, made locally
Sharing knowledge
Workshops, education, and hands-on learning
Supporting growers
From home composters to community spaces
Growing food
This is not bagged compost from a supply chain.
It’s biologically active, locally made, and part of a living system.
It’s made to work with soil, not replace it.
Used across Bristol to:
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improve soil structure
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hold water through dry periods
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support long-term plant health
What Bristol is already making possible
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Over 30,000 litres of food waste composted in 2025
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13.8 tonnes of CO₂-equivalent emissions avoided
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67 households and businesses actively composting
Small actions, multiplied across the city.
Bristol’s Two-Acre Food Forest Market Garden
This is what your food waste becomes.
Built on compost made from Bristol’s kitchens, this space is restoring soil, growing food, and bringing people together.
Not theory.
Not potential.
This is the loop, made visible.
What our members say
Real people. Real compost. Real results.
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.”
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.”
Ready To Take Part?
We’ll give you:
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a bucket
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bokashi bran
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simple guidance
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local support
You fill it.
We collect it.
Together, we turn food waste into living soil.
Takes 2 minutes to get started.
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who we've worked with
We collaborate with councils, schools, charities, festivals, and community organisations across Bristol and beyond to grow regeneration at scale.
With Support From
Join 100+ Bristol households already turning food waste into living soil
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.