Hackney · E5 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Clapton fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide green waste removal in Clapton E5 for houses and flats around Hackney Marshes. From £55, quoted in writing before the visit, with 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 Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around Clapton, green waste removal here covers supply-free fitting from £55. With 76% of Clapton's 9,067 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in E5 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
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. Narrow terraced streets, permit bays and marsh-side roads that flood after heavy rain.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Clapton (Overground) is the nearest station, so a E5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit, which is what a 76% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Clapton actually produces in E5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Clapton gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, and with 32% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
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
The guys arrived prompt at 9 am . Sorry I’m rubbish at names but I remember the one guys initials were AB . He really worked hard . Both guys were very polite and were happy to pop back up the stairs to finish dusting the bedrooms surfaces that were missed . Not one moan… Read in full →
The cleaners Constantin and arrived in time and never stopped until the work was completed to the best of their ability. I would recommend a more upgraded carpet cleaner as I was hoping for a hot steam cleaner to penetrate areas or heavy foot traffic on the carpet. They never gave up until the look… Read in full →
We had a good experience with this company for our move from London to Spain. Everything went well. They also helped us with our move out clean.
Read all 12 Rubbish Removal reviews →
Quoted verbatim from reviews customers left on our public Google and Trustpilot profiles. Nothing is edited, shortened beyond the link above, or written by us.
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 Clapton
Clapton E5 is mainly Victorian and social-housing-led: 76% of homes here are flats and 24% are houses, across 9,067 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 32% of Clapton is privately rented and 39% socially rented, a lot of E5 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Clapton substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit, which is what a 76% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Clapton actually produces. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Clapton gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, and with 32% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the mistake that costs a E5 customer twice.
Marsh-edge streets, the Round Chapel and a long run of Victorian terraces. That character decides the practical detail of green waste removal here far more than the borough boundary does. Clapton is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, narrow terraced streets, permit bays and marsh-side roads that flood after heavy rain — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Clapton (Overground).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Clapton 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 Clapton Leaside and Lower Clapton and Upper Clapton neighbourhood itself — not Hackney-wide averages, and not estimates.
24,518
Residents
Clapton Leaside and Lower Clapton and Upper Clapton neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,067
Households
Median age 31.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.1%
Privately rented
32.1%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Clapton Leaside, Lower Clapton, Upper Clapton (E02000355, E02006918, E02006921) — the published geography that covers Clapton, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the E5 district: 51.5593, -0.0536 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Clapton in this 76% flats neighbourhood, with 32% of E5 homes being privately rented — and 39% social-rented stock nearby, 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 Hackney bookings. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house on the Clapton rounds, with 29% owner-occupation locally, 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 on Hackney bookings, with 24% of Clapton homes being houses. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Clapton most weeks in this 76% flats neighbourhood, with 39% social-rented stock nearby.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on Hackney bookings, with 76% of homes here being flats. On Clapton jobs we confirm it when the slot is booked, not on the day.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on this side of Hackney. With 76% of Clapton homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across E5 — and 39% social-rented stock nearby, with this being a short walk from Clapton (Overground), so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Hackney Marshes is the marker we route to on the streets near Hackney Marshes, with this being a short walk from Clapton (Overground), and narrow terraced streets, permit bays and marsh-side roads that flood after heavy rain. A E5 slot added to an existing Hackney round usually lands the same week rather than the next on Hackney bookings, with 29% owner-occupation locally.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest on this side of Hackney, with Hackney parking rules in play. Clapton sits close to Clapton (Overground), with 31% one-person households here, so we can usually add a E5 job to an existing Hackney round at short notice in Clapton.
Narrow terraced streets, permit bays and marsh-side roads that flood after heavy rain around Clapton (Overground). Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Hackney it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in Clapton — and 76% of homes here being flats, with 9,067 households on this patch.
Read next
Handyman
Hourly rates, half-day jobs and the questions worth asking before booking.
Assembly
Which builds are a two-hour job and which reliably eat a weekend.
Assembly
Wardrobes, beds and kitchen units built and levelled the same day.
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. Clapton E5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of hackney.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
