Greenwich · SE10 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Greenwich fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for green waste removal in Greenwich SE10? We work in Greenwich most weeks — world Heritage centre of the market, the Cutty Sark and the Observatory on the hill — and price green waste removal against that reality rather than a London average. Fixed written quote from £55, insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
Booked mostly by mixed-tenure households around Cutty Sark, green waste removal here covers supply-free fitting from £55. With 73% of Greenwich's 17,397 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE10 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
Roughly how many cubic yards, whether it is soft green waste or heavy soil and turf, and whether there is rear access or everything has to go through the house.
Step 2
Green waste is priced by volume and soil or rubble by weight, so the quote separates the two rather than guessing at one blended rate.
Step 3
Branches and hedge cuttings cut down to fit the van; loose material bagged so nothing spills through a hallway or side return on the way out.
Step 4
Green waste, soil and any rubble kept apart in the van, because the green waste site and the inert tip are two different gate fees.
Step 5
Weighed in at a licensed green waste or inert site and the transfer note emailed the same day.
Why choose us
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Cutty Sark (DLR) is the nearest station, so a SE10 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in SE10, with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 29% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in SE10, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Greenwich stock goes, which is what a 73% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Greenwich actually produces.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling, and any invasive plant material identified on site is routed to a licensed consignment facility rather than mixed with standard garden waste.
Two crew and a Luton on most garden clearances; three crew and a tipper where the load is mainly soil, turf or rubble and weight rather than volume decides the run. Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard | £55 | By volume | Light and bulky rather than heavy, so it is priced on the space it takes in the van, not its weight. |
| Hedge cuttings and branches, per cubic yard | £65 | By volume | Woody material needs to be cut down to fit before loading, which adds labour over a straight bag-and-carry. |
| Quarter-load mixed garden waste | £120 | 45–60 min | A typical small London garden clearance, priced on volume plus the green waste site's gate fee. |
| Half-load garden waste | £210 | 1–2 hrs | Covers a full rear garden clear where there is no side access and everything has to come out through the house. |
| Full Luton load of garden waste | £360 | 2–3 hrs | Full van, two crew and the site fee, typical after years of growth are tackled in one visit rather than several bin cycles. |
| Soil, turf and rubble, per cubic yard | £85 | By volume | These are weighed rather than measured by volume — a yard of wet turf or soil can weigh several times the same yard of hedge cuttings. |
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard
£55 · By volume
Light and bulky rather than heavy, so it is priced on the space it takes in the van, not its weight.
Hedge cuttings and branches, per cubic yard
£65 · By volume
Woody material needs to be cut down to fit before loading, which adds labour over a straight bag-and-carry.
Quarter-load mixed garden waste
£120 · 45–60 min
A typical small London garden clearance, priced on volume plus the green waste site's gate fee.
Half-load garden waste
£210 · 1–2 hrs
Covers a full rear garden clear where there is no side access and everything has to come out through the house.
Full Luton load of garden waste
£360 · 2–3 hrs
Full van, two crew and the site fee, typical after years of growth are tackled in one visit rather than several bin cycles.
Soil, turf and rubble, per cubic yard
£85 · By volume
These are weighed rather than measured by volume — a yard of wet turf or soil can weigh several times the same yard of hedge cuttings.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; landlord, agent and landscaper invoices are plus VAT at 20%. Cutting material down to load size, carrying through the house where there is no rear access and the green waste site fee are included. Where a bay suspension, permit, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised in the written quote.
Scope
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Coverage
Also in this area
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load with a transfer note the same day.
Sofas, wardrobes, tables and old white goods collected per item, dismantling included.
Overgrown beds, hedges and years of accumulated green waste cleared and taken away.
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Sheds, bases and outdoor storage built square, levelled and weather-fixed.
Working in Greenwich
17,397 households sit inside the SE10 neighbourhood covering Greenwich. The build is Georgian and early Victorian, the tenure profile mixed-tenure, and 73% of those homes are flats.
The mixed-tenure mix here (40% owned, 31% privately rented) means a SE10 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Greenwich substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in SE10, with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 29% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Greenwich stock goes, which is what a 73% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Greenwich actually produces is the mistake that costs a SE10 customer twice.
Greenwich is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — world Heritage centre of the market, the Cutty Sark and the Observatory on the hill — which is why a SE10 quote is not a Greenwich average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access. Cutty Sark (DLR) is the nearest station, and two crew and a Luton on most garden clearances; three crew and a tipper where the load is mainly soil, turf or rubble and weight rather than volume decides the run.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Greenwich and what they live in decides how green waste removal is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Greenwich & Deptford Creekside and Greenwich East and Greenwich Peninsula and Greenwich Town & Park neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
39,629
Residents
Greenwich & Deptford Creekside and Greenwich East and Greenwich Peninsula and Greenwich Town & Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
17,397
Households
Median age 32.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.6%
Privately rented
30.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Greenwich & Deptford Creekside, Greenwich East, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich Town & Park (E02006928, E02006930, E02006931, E02006992) — the published geography that covers Greenwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE10 district: 51.4849, 0.0007 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Greenwich around Cutty Sark (DLR), with 31% of SE10 homes being privately rented — and 32% one-person households here, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume for soft green waste, weight for soil and rubble, and access in Greenwich. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house on the Greenwich rounds, with 27% of Greenwich homes being houses, which is the single biggest driver of price in inner London terraces.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions for Greenwich (SE10) addresses, with Greenwich parking rules in play. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Greenwich most weeks on the Greenwich rounds, with 27% of Greenwich homes being houses.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on this side of Greenwich, with 29% social-rented stock nearby.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in Greenwich. With 73% of Greenwich homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm around Cutty Sark (DLR), with The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access on Greenwich bookings. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Greenwich it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on the Greenwich rounds — and 40% owner-occupation locally, with 32% one-person households here.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste on SE10 jobs. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling on the Greenwich rounds — and 31% of SE10 homes being privately rented, with Greenwich parking rules in play, and any invasive plant material identified on site is routed to a licensed consignment facility rather than mixed with standard garden waste. That paperwork is what most Greenwich letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat across SE10, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
Japanese knotweed and other invasive plant material, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, which needs a licensed consignment route rather than standard green waste disposal; Tree felling and stump grinding above hedge height — and 27% of Greenwich homes being houses, which needs a qualified arborist rather than a clearance crew; Chemical-treated timber, decking oil tins and weedkiller containers around Cutty Sark (DLR), which are hazardous waste and need a specialist carrier; Pond water, fish and livestock waste, which fall outside standard green waste licensing. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Greenwich SE10 price you agree is the price you pay across SE10, with 17,397 households on this patch.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Greenwich SE10 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of greenwich.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
