Wandsworth · SW17 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Tooting fitters · Fixed written pricesGreen waste removal for Tooting (SW17) households — 22,241 of them, 60% in flats. From £55 fixed, 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 Insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
This page prices green waste removal for Tooting SW17 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 40% privately rented and 22,241 households in total. Work starts at £55, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Wandsworth 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. Broadway red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Tooting Broadway (Northern) is the nearest station, so a SW17 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — measured on the walk in from Tooting Broadway (Northern) rather than assumed from a map in SW17, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — which is why London Borough of Wandsworth kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
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.
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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 Tooting
Census 2021 puts Tooting at 22,241 households with a median age of 32. The mainly Victorian stock is renter-heavy, which is why 40% houses and 60% flats need different handling in SW17.
Owner-occupation runs at 43% in Tooting, so alongside the 40% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Tooting substrates run to with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — measured on the walk in from Tooting Broadway (Northern) rather than assumed from a map. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — which is why London Borough of Wandsworth kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a SW17 customer twice.
Anyone who knows Tooting knows the pattern near Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido: two covered markets, St George's Hospital and one of London's best food streets. We plan the SW17 visit around it. Tooting is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, broadway red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets — 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 Tooting Broadway (Northern).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Tooting 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 Tooting Bec Common and Tooting Bec East and Tooting Bec West and Tooting East and Tooting North and Tooting West and Upper Tooting neighbourhood itself — not Wandsworth-wide averages, and not estimates.
53,871
Residents
Tooting Bec Common and Tooting Bec East and Tooting Bec West and Tooting East and Tooting North and Tooting West and Upper Tooting neighbourhood, Census 2021
22,241
Households
Median age 32
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
28.3%
Privately rented
40.1%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Tooting Bec Common, Tooting Bec East, Tooting Bec West, Tooting East, Tooting North, Tooting West, Upper Tooting (E02000948, E02000951, E02000952, E02000954, E02000955, E02000956, E02000957) — the published geography that covers Tooting, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW17 district: 51.4310, -0.1653 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Tooting — and this being a short walk from Tooting Broadway (Northern), with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood, 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 Wandsworth bookings. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house in this 60% flats neighbourhood — and a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood, with 60% of homes here being flats, 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 in Tooting, with 40% of Tooting homes being houses. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Tooting most weeks on this side of Wandsworth, with Wandsworth 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 around Tooting Broadway (Northern), with 40% of SW17 homes being privately rented.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in this 60% flats neighbourhood. With 60% of Tooting homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm around Tooting Broadway (Northern), with 40% of Tooting homes being houses — and this being a short walk from Tooting Broadway (Northern), so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
All three. With 40% of Tooting privately rented and 43% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW17 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door around Tooting Broadway (Northern), with 60% of homes here being flats.
Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido is the marker we route to in this 60% flats neighbourhood, with 16% social-rented stock nearby, and broadway red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets. A SW17 slot added to an existing Wandsworth round usually lands the same week rather than the next on Wandsworth bookings, with 40% of Tooting 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 SW17, with 40% of Tooting homes being houses. Tooting sits close to Tooting Broadway (Northern), with 16% social-rented stock nearby, so we can usually add a SW17 job to an existing Wandsworth round at short notice on the streets near Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Tooting SW17 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of wandsworth.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
