Covering Ravenscraig, Ladywell and Muirhouse, and every Motherwell postcode. One-off and repeat garden waste collection across Motherwell. We take the grass, hedge trimmings, leaves, prunings and branches the brown bin cannot hold, loaded by us from wherever you have piled it, and send it for composting rather than landfill.
This is the service for the load that is too big for the brown bin and too messy for the car: the September hedge cut, the October leaf fall, the spring tidy that filled fifteen bags. We collect from Motherwell gardens the same or next day, and you pay for the space the waste takes in the van, not for a year-long permit you will not fill.
A 240-litre brown bin collected fortnightly is built for maintenance, not for projects. One leylandii hedge reduction is five to ten bins. A mature tree's autumn leaf fall is more. And in Motherwell, as in most of Scotland, the council brown bin now needs a paid annual permit, with no pro-rata rate if you only need it for one big job.
The alternative most people try is bagging it and driving to the recycling centre. Garden waste is bulky and light, so a car boot takes very little of it, the bags split, and several sites will not admit a van at all without a booking. It is a slow, dirty afternoon for a job that takes us twenty minutes.
Cut a forty-foot leylandii hedge back and had a mountain of it on the lawn. They came the next morning, loaded the lot in half an hour and the garden was clean. Far easier than a dozen trips to the tip and cheaper than I expected.
Hedges, pruning, the autumn leaf fall — the one-off load that swamps the bin.
Green waste collected from the client's kerb so your van stays on the job.
Overgrown gardens between tenancies cleared and the waste gone the same day.
Flats and tenement back courts in Motherwell with no council garden waste service.
Fallen branches and blown-down fencing cleared after a named storm.
A monthly pick-up through the growing season for gardens that produce a lot.
One picture of the pile is enough. Tell us if it is bagged or loose and where it sits in the garden.
We quote by van space, from a minimum load up to a full van, before we set off.
Garden waste is quick to load. Most Motherwell collections are done within 24 hours.
Rear garden, side path or front kerb — we carry and load. You do not need to move it.
Green waste goes to a licensed composting facility. Timber and soil go to the right recyclers.
Typical range for Motherwell: £45–£150. Every figure below is a fixed quote agreed before we start — labour, disposal and recycling included. No charge for stairs, no fuel surcharge and no day-rate creep.
| Job Size | Price | Typical For |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum load | £30 | Up to 8 bags or one small hedge trim |
| Quarter van | £60–£75 | Around 15–20 bags — a full hedge cut or a leaf fall |
| Half van | £110–£140 | A full garden tidy, several hedges, brash and prunings |
| Full van | £200–£260 | Overgrown garden reclaim, tree work brash, mixed timber and green waste |
Send photos on WhatsApp or call 0141 280 6130 and we will come back with a fixed figure, usually within 60 minutes.
We cover every Motherwell postcode — ML1 — and the surrounding North Lanarkshire area. Local crews, local knowledge, and no travel charge anywhere inside our Motherwell coverage.
From back courts to half-acre plots, Motherwell gardens are not one job. Motherwell is steel-town housing: terraces and tenements around the centre, post-war schemes at Muirhouse, Forgewood and Craigneuk, semis at Jerviston, and new estates at Ravenscraig.
Where we are most often in Motherwell: Craigneuk, terraces on the Wishaw side; Jerviston, inter-war semis with gardens and garages; Ravenscraig, new housing on the old steelworks site; Ladywell, flats and terraces near the centre.
Netherton in Wishaw is the nearest North Lanarkshire recycling centre for most of Motherwell. North Lanarkshire Council's special uplift service takes bulky items. Timber, soil and turf are the loads the brown bin and the car cannot take, and we can. Our North Lanarkshire Council Bulky Uplift 2026 — Costs, Lead Time, Limits has the detail.
What to tell us when you book: Brandon Parade and the centre are restricted; the estates are fine. Garage clearances in Motherwell often mean a lifetime of tools.
Garden waste collection in Motherwell starts at £30 for a minimum load of up to about eight bags. A quarter van of 15 to 20 bags is £60 to £75, a half van £110 to £140, and a full van of green waste, brash and timber £200 to £260. Send a photo on WhatsApp and we will fix the price before we come out.
For a one-off job, usually yes. A permit in North Lanarkshire Council's area is an annual charge whether you fill the bin or not, and a big hedge cut will not fit in it anyway. For fortnightly grass through the summer the permit is good value; for the September and October clear-out a single collection is cheaper and faster.
No. Bagged waste loads faster, which keeps the price down, but we will load a loose pile of branches or leaves from the lawn. Tell us which when you send the photo so we allow the right time.
Yes, but they are priced by weight rather than volume because a van reaches its legal limit long before it looks full. Keep soil and rubble separate from the green waste and we will collect both on the same visit.
Green waste goes to a licensed composting facility, where it becomes soil improver. Timber, fence panels and treated wood go to a wood recycler. Very little of a garden collection goes to landfill. We are SEPA registered under licence WCR/R/3011855.
Yes. Several Motherwell customers book a monthly pick-up from April to October. It is priced per collection with no contract, so you can pause it in a dry month.
All of them. The regular calls come from Ladywell, Muirhouse and Forgewood, and we also cover Wishaw, Bellshill, Hamilton from the same run. If you are anywhere in North Lanarkshire, send a photo and we will confirm a slot.
North Lanarkshire Council's special uplift service takes bulky items. We are the alternative when the wait is too long, the item list is too short, or you cannot get it to the kerb: we carry from inside and usually come the same day.
Usually the same day. Garage clearances in Motherwell often mean a lifetime of tools. A booking before midday is normally collected that afternoon; otherwise next day, with a two-hour arrival window.
Send us a photo on WhatsApp and we will have a fixed price back within 60 minutes. Motherwell's SEPA registered clearance team — fully insured, and the quote costs you nothing.