The Bristol Living Compost Project
Regenerating Bristol’s soil, one kitchen at a time
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Generation Soil CIC is a Bristol-based community composting organisation delivering household food waste collection, living compost production, and soil regeneration projects.
This spring, we’re inviting households across Bristol to take part in a simple but powerful movement:
Keep your food waste local and grow the loop between what we eat and what we grow.
This is practical, place-based composting that regenerates soil, strengthens communities, and reconnects us with natural cycles.
What is the Bristol Living Compost Project?
The Bristol Living Compost Project is our city-wide household composting and food waste collection service for Bristol homes and small organisations.
When you join as a household member:
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You collect your food scraps at home
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We collect them locally across Bristol
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Food waste is fermented and composted with beneficial microbes
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It becomes living, biologically active compost
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That compost feeds Bristol’s gardens, allotments, schools, and food forests
Your food waste doesn’t leave the city.
It comes back to life as soil.
Why Household Composting in Bristol Matters
Most food waste collected in cities is transported long distances, taking nutrients, carbon, and value away from local soils.
When household food waste stays in Bristol:
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Transport emissions are reduced
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Urban soils are rebuilt with living compost
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Healthier soil absorbs more water, reducing flood risk
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People reconnect with natural cycles that sustain life
Household composting might feel small, but...
Across a city, it becomes a measurable climate and soil solution.
Growing the Loop: How Local Composting Works
A simple cycle, powered by people.
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You save your food scraps at home
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Food waste is fermented and composted with microbes and fungi
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Living compost is returned to Bristol soils
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Healthy soil grows food, stores carbon, and supports biodiversity
That’s the loop.
And you can be part of it.
The Impact So Far
Through our household composting service, members are already creating real impact.
In 2025 alone:
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32,640 litres of food waste composted locally
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13.8 tonnes of CO₂-equivalent emissions avoided
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58 households and 8 businesses joined the loop
The average household contributed 178 litres per year.
Small actions.
Multiplied across a city.
What You Get as a Household Member
When you join the Bristol Living Compost Project, you receive:
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Local household food waste collection in Bristol
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A clean, simple composting system that fits daily life
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The option to receive living compost back for your garden or plants
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Transparency about where your food waste goes
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Invitations to workshops, events, and community growing projects
This is composting with care, not control.
Ready to Grow the Loop?
👉 Join the Bristol Living Compost Project
Become part of a circular food system where nothing is wasted and every handful of compost helps restore the soil beneath our city.
Sign up today and start composting locally with Generation Soil.
Want to Go Deeper?
Once you’ve joined, you can also:
But it all starts here.
With households.
With food waste.
With soil.
What Our Members Say
Adrian, Bristol Living Compost Project Member.
"Fantastic service. They collect my food waste and turn it into compost for my garden and allotment. The sealable containers are great, no smell, no maggots (unlike the council brown bins). And the market garden concept is brilliant and fascinating."
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Together, We’re Proving That Regeneration Starts at Home
Join the Bristol Living Compost Project
Made in Bristol. Powered by people, compost, and hope.