Adelaide, SA . price report
Green Waste Removal cost in Adelaide
Green waste removal covers garden clean ups, lawn clippings, branches and tree trimmings, and is priced separately from general rubbish because it processes through composting and mulching facilities rather than landfill. Hand loaded removal is charged by volume or truck load, while a dedicated green waste skip suits larger prunes you can load yourself. Contamination with soil, stumps or general rubbish pushes the price toward general waste rates.
The national ranges below are the honest baseline for Adelaide: no published Adelaide-specific figures met our sourcing bar, so local quotes land inside these bands, with SA labour rates and disposal fees the main local variables. This edition therefore points at the national Green Waste Removal report as the canonical version until a sourced Adelaide figure lands.
Price ranges by job
Figures are GST-inclusive guides compiled from published Australian cost sources. Bars sit on a shared log-scale axis (declared on the chart), so per-unit rates and whole-job prices read together; colour marks the position, money-green at the value end to ochre at the premium end.
- Car boot load at the tip$20 to $40
- Council transfer station drop-off$65 to $113 per tonne
uncontaminated garden organics, member or resident rates lower
- Hand-loaded green waste removal$50 to $90 per m3
- Trailer load (2 to 3m3)$120 to $220
- Green waste skip bin (3 to 4m3)$180 to $350
3 to 7 day hire
- Half truck load (4 to 5m3)$200 to $350
- Full truck load (8 to 10m3)$350 to $550
What moves your quote in Adelaide
- 01Load volume: trailer, half truck or full truck
- 02Contamination with soil, rocks, treated timber or general rubbish
- 03Access for the truck and carry distance to the vehicle
- 04Council transfer station membership or residency status
- 05Stump and root removal priced separately from general prunings
- 06Skip bin hire period beyond the standard 3 to 7 days
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Green waste removal providers in Adelaide
Bag Brothers
Green waste and garden clean-up removal serving Adelaide, Prospect, Walkerville, Unley. Prunings, clippings, branches and clearouts taken to an organics facility. Listed from web research.
Burnside Trash
Green waste and garden clean-up removal serving Adelaide, Burnside, Glenside, Toorak Gardens. Prunings, clippings, branches and clearouts taken to an organics facility. Listed from web research.
Cluster Services
Green waste and garden clean-up removal serving Adelaide, Glenelg, Henley Beach, West Beach. Prunings, clippings, branches and clearouts taken to an organics facility. Listed from web research.
Just Sow Garden & Lawn Services
Green waste and garden clean-up removal serving Adelaide, Burnside, Norwood, Magill. Prunings, clippings, branches and clearouts taken to an organics facility. Listed from web research.
South Adelaide Rubbish Removal
Green waste and garden clean-up removal serving Adelaide, Marion, Morphett Vale, Noarlunga. Prunings, clippings, branches and clearouts taken to an organics facility. Listed from web research.
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Common questions
Is green waste cheaper than a general waste skip bin?
Yes. Clean garden organics process through composting and mulching facilities with lower gate fees than landfill, so a dedicated green waste skip in the $180 to $350 range for 3 to 4m3 is usually cheaper than an equivalent general waste bin.
What counts as contaminated green waste?
Soil, rocks, treated timber, plastic pots and general rubbish mixed into the load. Uncontaminated garden organics sit at the lower end of the $65 to $113 per tonne transfer station range, while contaminated loads are charged at general waste rates or refused.
How much does it cost to drop green waste off myself?
A car boot load typically costs $20 to $40 at the tip, a full trailer load moves into the $120 to $220 bracket, and transfer stations charge $65 to $113 per tonne for garden organics by weight.
Trailer load or truck load, which should I book?
A trailer load (2 to 3m3) runs $120 to $220, a half truck load (4 to 5m3) runs $200 to $350, and a full truck load (8 to 10m3) runs $350 to $550. Bigger loads cost less per cubic metre because the call out and tip trip are shared across more waste.
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Sources
- The Quote Yard green waste removal cost guide (NSW)
- Airtasker garden waste removal cost guide
- Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council fees and charges
Ranges verified against these published guides, July 2026.