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Hi all,

A few quick questions for anyone running garden waste or clearance work:

  1. What vehicle setup works best for fast, one-person jobs?

  2. Do private firms use their own green waste bins, and how do you manage them?

  3. How do you deal with overfilled dumpy bags?

  4. What’s the quickest way to load loose green waste?

  5. Any tips for staying within payload limits?

  6. Are regular rounds better than one-off clearances?

  7. Any must-have tools or setup mistakes to avoid?

 thanks!

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  • Not my specific line of business but if I were collecting bags/bins of punters "green waste" I would watch out for rocks, soil, bits of metal / plastic etc contaminating it. Some people are ignorant or just don't care. If bagging loose waste and it's relatively thin branches, a powerful hedge trimmer can attack the pile to chop into smaller pieces so it fits into bags, reducing the volume. Also I find a set of battery powered secateurs relatively rapid and less hard work than loppers on pieces the hedge trimmer might struggle on

  • My best advice is don't take other people's waste, the bags are just filled.with anything and everything which you will then have to sort through as there's no way you can tip it at a green waste site.

    If you want to do that then no bags just loose stuff then you can see what's there. 

    Tipper van best vehicle with high sides.

    Personally I'd do regular work rather than that there are less head aches and I usually achieve around £500 per.day on my own that should be enough for anyone in this line of work that's a 1 man.band

  • PRO

    I wouldn't want to be doing just garden clearances... it's hard work. Try and make just a part of your offering together with general grounds or garden maintenance.

    • vehicles are a tricky one - where we are we can't take tippers or trailers onto waste sites, so we have setltled on box vans. This is largely because we are a hybrid and offer other services also.
    • as others have said - steer well clear of removing other people's collected waste - all sorts usually in it.
    • loading green waste is made easier by breaking it down. Mowing over it helps. Having a chipper is also useful.
    • payload limits - we get charged by the ton or bags, so there is no limit. Establish a good rapport with the guys at the tips... they will start doing you favours on the charges. Dropping off a case of beer every so often does no harm either 😉
  • PRO

    You will need an upper tier waste carriers licence if you are just collecting some of the waste i.e. not waste you have generated yourself.. ie.you have to pay for it. 

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