Join the Bristol Living Compost Project
Turn your food scraps into living soil, right here in Bristol.
The Bristol Living Compost Project is building a city-wide community composting network that transforms household and business food waste into nutrient-rich compost used in local gardens, allotments, and farms.
Instead of food waste being shipped away and forgotten, we keep it in Bristol, where it feeds soils, plants, and communities.
Why Local Composting Matters
Every bucket of food waste you collect helps close the loop.
Traditional waste systems transport scraps to distant processing sites, producing energy but leaving behind chemical digestate that doesn’t restore our soils.
Our approach is different:
Local collection → we collect from Bristol homes and businesses.
Bokashi fermentation → odour-free, low-carbon composting.
Community regeneration → compost is used in schools, gardens & our food forest.
Together, we’re rebuilding Bristol’s living ground, one bucket at a time.
How Bristol Living Compost Project Works
We collect clean food scraps from homes, schools, and businesses across Bristol and process them through bokashi fermentation. Once fermented, the material is transformed into living compost rich in microbes that restore local soils and support our food forest market garden. Every handful of compost keeps nutrients cycling within the city.
1️⃣ Sign Up BELOW:
Join online and get your starter kit: a bucket, guidance, and local pick-up schedule.
2️⃣ Fill Your Bucket:
Add your food scraps (fruit, veg, cooked food, tea bags, bread, no plastic or liquids).
3️⃣ We Collect:
Your filled bucket is swapped for a clean one.
4️⃣ We Compost:
The waste ferments, then matures into microbe-rich compost.
5️⃣ You Grow:
The compost feeds community gardens, schools, and urban farms.
Excess living compost will be distributed where it's needed across Bristol. The proceeds allow us to continue delivering food system education projects across the city. Want to purchase compost separately?
Get compost sooner with our annual plans
Most members pay monthly, which slowly builds their compost balance over the year.
But if you want your compost now, you can choose our annual plans:
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Pay for a year
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Get 2 months free
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Collect your compost immediately
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Plus a free 10L bonus bag as a thank you
No waiting. No limits. Just living compost, ready when you are.
It’s our way of saying thank you for supporting local, regenerative soil building and helping keep Bristol’s nutrients cycling.
Choose Your Plan
Soil Supporter
5£Every monthYou don't need much compost but you love what we do! We'll collect your food waste when needed and deliver 5 litres of compost or donate it to a Bristol food growing project.- 5+ litres of living compost returned every year
- Food waste collected on request
- Clean bucket on request
- Bokashi bran top up on request
- 500+ litres of food waste composted per year
- 10% off additional compost purchases
Soil Saint
10£Every monthYou love compost! We'll drop off £100+ of living compost every year. We'll collect your food waste when needed and do the hard work for you.- 40+ litres of living compost delivered per year
- Food waste collection on request
- Clean bucket on request
- Bokashi bran topped up on request
- 500+ litres of food waste composted per year
- 20% off additional compost purchases
- Best Value
Soil Saviour
15£Every monthYou're compost crazy! We'll return £200+ worth of living compost every year. We'll collect your food waste when needed and do the hard work for you.- 80+ litres of living compost delivered every year
- Food waste collected on request
- Clean bucket on request
- Bokashi bran topped up on request
- 500+ litres of food waste composted
- 50% off additional compost purchases
12 Month Soil Supporter
50£Pay for ten months, get two free. You don't need much compost but you love what we do! We'll collect your food scraps and deliver 5 litres of compost or donate it to a Bristol food growing project.Valid for 12 months- ANNUAL PERK: Two months free
- ANNUAL PERK: Request compost immediately
- 5+ litres of living compost returned every year
- 10% off additional compost purchases
- Food waste collected weekly (on request)
- Clean bucket
- Bokashi bran top up
- 500+ litres of food waste composted per year
12 Month Soil Saviour
150£Pay for ten months, get two free. You're compost crazy! We'll return £200+ worth of living compost every year. We'll collect your food waste when needed and do the hard work for you.Valid for 12 months- ANNUAL PERK: Two months free
- ANNUAL PERK: Request compost immediately
- 80+ litres of living compost delivered every year
- 50% off additional compost purchases
- Food waste collected on request
- Clean buckets provided
- Bokashi bran top ups
- 500+ litres of food waste composted
12 Month Soil Saint
100£Pay for ten months, get two free. You love compost! We'll drop off £100+ of living compost every year. We'll collect your food waste when needed and do the hard work for you.Valid for 12 months- ANNUAL PERK: Two months free
- ANNUAL PERK: Request compost immediately
- 40+ litres of living compost delivered per year
- 20% off additional compost purchases
- Food waste collection (on request)
- Clean buckets returned
- Bokashi bran provided
- 500+ litres of food waste composted per year
Turning Food Waste into Living Soil. We collect your food waste from households and businesses across Bristol and transform it into nutrient-rich compost full of microbes. Through our three-stage composting process, we regenerate soil health and deliver living compost back to you, creating a circular food system.
Living Compost Allowance - MONTHLY MEMBERS ONLY
Your membership entitles you to request Living Compost up to the value of your total monthly payments. In some cases, we may agree to provide extra compost. If so, we’ll either ask for an upfront payment or allow you to keep paying monthly. But if you cancel and have received more than you’ve paid for, a cancellation fee will apply to cover the difference. If you'd like more than your plan covers, check items 31 and 32 in our terms and conditions or get in touch, we’re happy to discuss options.
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What Makes Generation Soil Different
We’re Bristol-based so your food waste stays in your community.
We use bokashi fermentation. No smells, no flies, no liners.
We create living compost. Rich in beneficial microorganisms and biochar.
We connect people. Every bucket supports soil regeneration projects across the city.
Be Part of Bristol’s Regenerative Future
By joining the Bristol Living Compost Project, you’re helping create:
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Healthier urban soils
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Greener community spaces
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Local food resilience
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A circular economy for Bristol
Whether you’re a resident, a business, or a school, you can be part of Bristol’s first city-wide composting collective.
Living Compost That Feeds The Food Forest
The compost made through our Bristol Living Compost Project powers our two-acre food forest market garden. By feeding the soil with locally made, microbe-rich compost, we’re growing nutrient-dense food, restoring biodiversity, and proving that urban waste can fuel rural regeneration.
TESTIMONIALS
Connor
Member since December 2024
Turning my food waste into the best compost I've ever used! We received our compost from them a few weeks ago and are already seeing more greenery in our garden! Couldn't be happier.
Jess
Member since January 2025
I've been a member of Generation Soil's subscription service for a couple of months now and have been so impressed with it. Alex is super responsive when I've asked all kinds of questions and you can see how passionate he is about what he's doing. I wasn't really using the food waste bin before as I couldn't deal with the sludge and stink of it but the bokashi method is so easy to follow and it doesn't smell. We've already had delivery of our first batch of compost and you can see how amazing it is. The plants I've potted up with it are thriving. Great work Alex and I'm looking forward to many more bags of compost!
JAsmine
Member since January 2025
I've been using the food waste collection service for a few months and its been great! There's weekly collections available but the fermentation/bran process doesn't smell at all and as I'm only in a house of two, it can take up to a month to fill up the provided bucket. The soil that I've had from it feels so much better than anything I could buy and my house and garden plants love it.
Are you a business?
Generation Soil CIC offers an innovative compost delivery service in Bristol, catering to both households and businesses. By collecting food waste, we create high-quality compost that is either delivered to your door or distributed within the community. This initiative not only supports sustainable and regenerative waste management but also enriches the soil in Bristol. Join us today for reliable compost delivery in Bristol and contribute to a greener future.
our process: three-stage composting
1. fermentation
This stage uses bran flakes inoculated with effective microorganisms (EM) to ferment your food waste before it reaches us. This process introduces beneficial bacteria to break down your food waste and supercharge the composting process.
2. in-vessel composting
Enclosed composting units are great because they prevent pests and create the perfect conditions for composting microorganisms, plenty of air and high temperatures, even during cold winter nights. Each Ridan Pro 400 unit can compost 400 litres of food waste per week!
3. compost maturation
The maturation stage allows for the compost pH to balance out and allows for additional beneficial microorganisms, such as worms, to come in and do their work. This process cuts composting time from over one year to around three months. Perfect!