Greenwich · SE18 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Plumstead fitters · Fixed written pricesPlumstead SE18 is a regular stop on our Greenwich round. Terraced streets climbing steeply from the high street to the common, so green waste removal here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £55, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
Green waste removal in Plumstead SE18 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Greenwich, most of them mainly Victorian. 9,964 households sit inside this SE18 patch, 33% of them flats, so we quote on access near Plumstead Common rather than a London average.
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
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — measured on the walk in from Plumstead (Elizabeth line) rather than assumed from a map in SE18, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — the pattern behind 9,964 households inside the SE18 neighbourhood.
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. Very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Plumstead (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a SE18 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
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.
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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 Plumstead
The SE18 stock around Plumstead Common is mainly Victorian. ONS records 33% flats, 67% houses and 9,964 households in Plumstead.
Owner-occupation runs at 41% in Plumstead, so alongside the 32% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — measured on the walk in from Plumstead (Elizabeth line) rather than assumed from a map, so the fixing that matters in Plumstead is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — the pattern behind 9,964 households inside the SE18 neighbourhood.
Two streets can behave very differently in Plumstead: terraced streets climbing steeply from the high street to the common. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Plumstead is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station. Plumstead (Elizabeth line) 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 Plumstead 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 Plumstead Common & Riverside and Plumstead High Street and Plumstead South neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
28,010
Residents
Plumstead Common & Riverside and Plumstead High Street and Plumstead South neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,964
Households
Median age 35.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
27.2%
Privately rented
32%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Plumstead Common & Riverside, Plumstead High Street, Plumstead South (E02000318, E02000319, E02000329) — the published geography that covers Plumstead, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE18 district: 51.4845, 0.0723 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Plumstead around Plumstead (Elizabeth line), with 9,964 households on this patch — and 67% of Plumstead homes being houses, 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 on SE18 jobs. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house on this side of Greenwich, with Greenwich parking rules in play — and 27% one-person households here, 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 around Plumstead (Elizabeth line), with Plumstead Common a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Plumstead most weeks, with 32% of SE18 homes being privately rented.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the streets near Plumstead Common, with 9,964 households on this patch.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Plumstead (Elizabeth line). With 33% of Plumstead homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across SE18 — and Greenwich parking rules in play, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
All three. With 32% of Plumstead privately rented and 41% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE18 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on SE18 jobs — and 9,964 households on this patch, with this being a short walk from Plumstead (Elizabeth line).
Plumstead Common is the marker we route to on the streets near Plumstead Common, with 27% social-rented stock nearby, and very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station. A SE18 slot added to an existing Greenwich round usually lands the same week rather than the next across SE18, with 67% of Plumstead homes being houses.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest across SE18, with 27% social-rented stock nearby. Plumstead sits close to Plumstead (Elizabeth line), with 41% owner-occupation locally, so we can usually add a SE18 job to an existing Greenwich round at short notice on the streets near Plumstead Common.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Plumstead SE18 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.
