Richmond upon Thames · TW9 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Kew fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide green waste removal in Kew TW9 for houses and flats around Kew Gardens. 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
This page prices green waste removal for Kew TW9 specifically: mainly Edwardian stock, 30% privately rented and 4,163 households in total. Work starts at £55, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 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
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 streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Kew Gardens (District, Overground) is the nearest station, so a TW9 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick, and narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages in TW9, 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, as the Kew stock goes, the reality on the streets around Kew Gardens.
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 Kew
4,163 households sit inside the TW9 neighbourhood covering Kew. The build is mainly Edwardian, the tenure profile owner-occupier-led, and 41% of those homes are flats.
With 30% private renting against 64% owner-occupied, most TW9 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick, and narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages behind the plaster in TW9. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Kew stock goes, the reality on the streets around Kew Gardens is the fault we are called back to undo.
The botanic gardens, the green and Edwardian family streets around them. That character decides the practical detail of green waste removal here far more than the borough boundary does. Kew 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: narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages. Kew Gardens (District, Overground) 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 Kew 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 Kew Gardens neighbourhood itself — not Richmond upon Thames-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,714
Residents
Kew Gardens neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,163
Households
Median age 42.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
30%
Privately rented
30%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Kew Gardens (E02000785) — the published geography that covers Kew, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the TW9 district: 51.4696, -0.2924 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Kew around Kew Gardens (District, Overground), with this being London Borough of Richmond upon Thames territory — and Kew Gardens a few streets away, 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 Kew. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house on the Kew rounds — and 41% of homes here being flats, with Richmond upon Thames parking rules in play, 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 Kew (TW9) addresses, with 41% of homes here being flats. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Kew most weeks on the Kew rounds, with Richmond upon Thames 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 Richmond upon Thames bookings, with 30% of TW9 homes being privately rented.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near Kew Gardens. With 41% of Kew homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm for Kew (TW9) addresses, with a median age of 43 in this neighbourhood — and this being London Borough of Richmond upon Thames territory, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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, which needs a qualified arborist rather than a clearance crew; Chemical-treated timber, decking oil tins and weedkiller containers — and this being London Borough of Richmond upon Thames territory, which are hazardous waste and need a specialist carrier; Pond water, fish and livestock waste on Richmond upon Thames bookings, with 6% social-rented stock nearby, which fall outside standard green waste licensing. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Kew TW9 price you agree is the price you pay on the Kew rounds, with 59% of Kew homes being houses.
All three. With 30% of Kew privately rented and 64% owner-occupied, roughly half the TW9 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the Kew rounds — and a median age of 43 in this neighbourhood, with Kew Gardens a few streets away.
Kew Gardens is the marker we route to around Kew Gardens (District, Overground), with 64% owner-occupation locally, and narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages. A TW9 slot added to an existing Richmond upon Thames round usually lands the same week rather than the next across TW9, with 6% social-rented stock nearby.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Kew TW9 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of richmond upon thames.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
