Newham · E16 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Custom House fitters · Fixed written pricesGreen waste removal in Custom House E16, Newham, from £55. Regeneration streets between the docks and Canning Town, transformed by the Elizabeth line, which is why our E16 quotes account for construction diversions, estate service roads and new blocks with booked lifts. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
This page prices green waste removal for Custom House E16 specifically: post-war stock, 24% privately rented and 3,330 households in total. Work starts at £55, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Newham permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
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
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. Construction diversions, estate service roads and new blocks with booked lifts.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR) is the nearest station, so a E16 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in E16, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in E16, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 49% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
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.
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 Custom House
Census 2021 puts Custom House at 3,330 households with a median age of 32.9. The post-war stock is social-housing-led, which is why 50% houses and 50% flats need different handling in E16.
Private renting sits at 24% and owner-occupation at 26%; the first group books green waste removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Custom House substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in E16, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 49% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the mistake that costs a E16 customer twice.
Anyone who knows Custom House knows the pattern near Custom House station and Victoria Dock: regeneration streets between the docks and Canning Town, transformed by the Elizabeth line. We plan the E16 visit around it. Custom House is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, construction diversions, estate service roads and new blocks with booked lifts — 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 Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Custom House 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 Custom House neighbourhood itself — not Newham-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,552
Residents
Custom House neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,330
Households
Median age 32.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
26%
Privately rented
24.4%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Custom House (E02000749) — the published geography that covers Custom House, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the E16 district: 51.5103, 0.0301 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Custom House — and 50% of Custom House homes being houses, with Newham parking rules in play, 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 around Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR). A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house on E16 jobs — and Newham parking rules in play, with 3,330 households on this patch, 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 the Custom House rounds, with 26% one-person households here. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Custom House most weeks on E16 jobs, with Newham parking rules in play.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on E16 jobs, with this being London Borough of Newham territory.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR). With 50% of Custom House homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Custom House — and 26% owner-occupation locally, with 50% of homes here being flats, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste in Custom House. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling around Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR), with 50% of Custom House homes being houses — and 24% of E16 homes being privately rented, 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 Newham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on E16 jobs, with 49% social-rented stock nearby.
Japanese knotweed and other invasive plant material, which needs a licensed consignment route rather than standard green waste disposal; Tree felling and stump grinding above hedge height around Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR), which needs a qualified arborist rather than a clearance crew; Chemical-treated timber, decking oil tins and weedkiller containers, which are hazardous waste and need a specialist carrier; Pond water, fish and livestock waste, with Custom House station and Victoria Dock a few streets away — and 49% social-rented stock nearby, which fall outside standard green waste licensing. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Custom House E16 price you agree is the price you pay across E16, with 24% of E16 homes being privately rented.
All three. With 24% of Custom House privately rented and 26% owner-occupied, roughly half the E16 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on E16 jobs — and 3,330 households on this patch, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Custom House E16 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of newham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
