Garden Refuse Removal in Cape Town — Prices, What We Collect & Same-Day Pickup
Branches, leaves, prunings and tree-felling waste — sorted on-site and tipped at the right compost plant. Same-day collection across all 62 Cape Peninsula suburbs.
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Garden refuse removal in Cape Town peaks twice a year — the autumn leaf drop (April through June) and the spring pruning rush (September through November) — and a full-yard clear-out can fill more than three 240-litre wheelie bins in a morning. We collect the lot, sort it on the verge, and tip it at the City's compost plants for free disposal — which keeps our price down and yours too.
We cover branches up to roughly 150 mm thick on-site (we chip them as we load), bagged leaves, lawn clippings, hedge trimmings and brushwood. Bigger tree-felling jobs we quote with our arborist network. For complete waste-stream rules and which facilities accept what, our garden refuse guide explains the City of Cape Town rules in plain English.
Pricing is flat-rate per load, tipping included. A small clean-out (1–2 m³) is R600–R900; a full bakkie (4–5 m³) is R2,000–R2,800. Mixed loads with builders rubble are sorted on-site — see the builders rubble vs garden waste primer for why that split saves you money.
What we'll collect
- Leaves, lawn clippings, hedge trimmings
- Branches and prunings up to ~150 mm thick (we chip on-site)
- Bagged green waste — we'll empty and recycle the bags
- Tree-felling waste, sectioned logs, brushwood
- Mixed garden + builders rubble — we sort on the verge
- Indigenous-garden clear-outs (alien-invasive clearing also available)
What we don't take
- Stumps over 200 mm (separate stump-grinder service)
- Soil and gravel in bulk (different category — quote separately)
- Wet kitchen organics or food scraps
- Garden chemicals, pesticides, fertilisers in packaging
These need specialist handlers — we'll point you to the right one.
Where your garden refuse actually goes
Clean garden refuse never goes to landfill. We tip at the City of Cape Town's compost plants and the 22 residential drop-offs that accept green waste — where it's chipped, windrowed and turned into commercial compost rather than buried. Tipping is free at these facilities, which is why our flat-rate quote stays as low as it does.
For the full list of facilities, hours and what each one accepts, see the Cape Town dump sites directory with all 28 entries mapped.
Garden Refuse Removal Prices & Service Details
A small clean-out — one to two cubic metres of leaves, clippings and light prunings — is R600–R900 all-in. A full bakkie load (four to five cubic metres) runs R2,000–R2,800. Tree-felling branches up to 150 mm thick are chipped on-site at no extra charge; stumps over 200 mm need a dedicated grinder, so we quote those separately once we've seen the job.
Book before 11am and we'll usually collect the same day — though the two annual peaks (autumn leaf-drop in April–June and the spring pruning rush in September–November) fill our slots fast, so an early call helps. Every flat rate covers labour, transport and zero-fee tipping at the City of Cape Town's compost plants, which is exactly why our quotes stay this low.
Got a mixed garden-and-rubble pile after a landscaping job? We sort the streams on-site so each goes to the right facility, with a R200–R500 surcharge to cover the extra sorting time. No hidden disposal fees, no surprises on the day.
Garden refuse removal Cape Town — common questions
The five questions we get asked on the first phone call.
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