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Greenline Environmental comparison

Greenline Environmental comparison: Capital Recycle vs Greenline Environmental for commercial waste in London

Greenline Environmental comparison: Capital Recycle vs Greenline Environmental on what a business asks before it signs: where they collect, what containers they supply, how the charges are structured, how fast they start, what the published terms say, and who issues the paperwork. Every statement about Greenline Environmental is taken from its own published pages and dated. We are the other company on this page, so weigh what we say accordingly.
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Who this comparison is for

A business in London with one site, or a handful, that puts out pre-paid sacks or runs one to four wheelie bins. If your sites run from central London out to Epping, Harlow or the Essex edge, or you need construction, event or hazardous waste on the same account, Greenline is built for that and this page says so.

The two companies

Greenline Environmental is GREENLINE(ENVIRONMENTAL) LTD., a family-run collector incorporated in 2011, registered in Harlow and trading from Epping in Essex. It lists central London and Essex and Hertfordshire postcodes, works seven days a week with services available around the clock, assigns each customer an account manager and says it uses no subcontractors. Its service list runs from trade, food and recycling collections to construction, events and hazardous waste. Its own pages: greenlineenvironmental.co.uk (nofollow).
Capital Recycle Ltd is a London commercial waste collector with 250+ active customers, rated ★4.8 on Trustpilot. We collect sacks and bins across central London and the WD postcodes on our caged tippers, start within 24 to 48 hours from sack stock we hold ourselves, and issue the annual Waste Transfer Note for every stream we collect. Upper Tier waste carrier CBDU466346. £5m public liability.

Greenline Environmental features and services, side by side

Capital RecycleGreenline Environmental (as published, read 5 Nov 2026)
London coverageCentral London and the WD postcodes; collection frequency agreed per sitePostcodes listed: EC1 to EC4, WC1, WC2, W1 and SE1, plus EN and CM districts in Enfield, Hertfordshire and Essex; named locations also include Camden, Islington, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Brixton, Clapham and Canary Wharf; no WD postcode listed; collection days confirmed by postcode
SacksPre-paid general waste and mixed recycling sacks, priced per sack by weekly volume; delivered from stock we holdA sack service is not published on its site; its bin pages give bag equivalents only
Bins240, 360, 660 and 1100 litre; one fixed monthly figure per bin, no rental line, no environmental levy, no fuel surcharge240, 360, 660 and 1100 litre; daily, weekly or bespoke schedules; rental for commercial bins not published
Other streamsGlass as a dedicated stream; food as a bagged stream; cardboard by arrangement; specialist streams through one of our partnersFood, glass, metal, plastic and wood recycling, confidential waste, WEEE, hazardous and bulky waste, office clearance; skips, construction bins and event bins
How pricing is structuredSacks per sack by volume; bins one monthly figure per bin; the agreement shows every line before you signBy free quote; per-lift or monthly basis and bin rental not published; no figure published
How to startPhone or form; service starts within 24 to 48 hours; sacks from our own stock, bins on the agreed start dateQuote form with a reply within one working day, or 0800 644 1248; a named account manager on sign-up; time to first collection not published
Term and notice12-month agreement that renews unless you give 60 days' notice before the renewal date, or a rolling monthly option at a higher rate that you can end any month. The agreement is sent before you commitNot published; its legal pages are a cookie policy and a privacy policy only
Waste Transfer NoteAnnual WTN Service, £65 + VAT per stream, issued and renewed by usSays waste transfer notes and recycling certificates are prepared and submitted on time, with annual Waste Transfer Notes named; format and price not published
Diversion claim98% diversion from landfillSays it diverts all waste from landfill; its disposal routes page sends general waste to incineration and food to anaerobic digestion
CertificationsUpper Tier carrier CBDU466346; £5m public liabilityNo accreditation named in its text; carrier registration number not printed on the pages read
Missed collectionCall 0207 101 4003 and speak to the person who runs the roundPhone or email, or your account manager; a missed-collection process and recovery time are not published
Changing a bin or a frequencyLike-for-like bin swap on 24 hours' notice, no crossover periodThrough your account manager, per its process page
Public reviewsTrustpilot ★4.8Trustpilot, linked in the sources

Choose Greenline Environmental if

  • Your sites run from central London out to Epping, Harlow, Enfield or the Essex edge, and you want one supplier across them.
  • You need skips, construction bins or event waste on the same account as the trade bins.
  • You want hazardous waste, WEEE or a same-day pickup of unplanned waste from the same company.
  • You want a named account manager and collections at whatever hour suits the site.

Choose Capital Recycle if

If you want a collection that turns up on the day it is booked, and a team you can reach when something needs sorting, choose Capital Recycle.
  • You put out sacks: pre-paid general waste and recycling sacks, priced per bag by weekly volume and delivered from our own stock.
  • You want a missed or late collection sorted by a person who can act: a call to 0207 101 4003 reaches the person who runs your round, not a ticket queue or a call centre that cannot contact the driver.
  • You have one London site, or a few, with sacks or one to four bins.
  • You want to start this week, with the containers actually on site: sacks from our own stock within 24 to 48 hours, bins delivered on the agreed start date, and a damaged bin swapped like for like on 24 hours' notice.
  • You want the bin price to be the whole price: one fixed monthly figure, no rental line, no levy, no fuel surcharge, so there is no lift count on the invoice to argue over.
  • You want the notice terms in front of you before you sign, not discovered on the way out: 12 months, 60 days' notice before the renewal date, and a reminder from us 90 days before it.
  • You want us to issue and renew the Waste Transfer Note, so the paperwork a landlord or auditor asks for is already there.

How switching works

  1. Check the notice window on your current agreement first. The window, not the new supplier, decides when you can move.
  2. Tell us your postcode, the containers you use and your weekly volume. We confirm a start date within 24 to 48 hours.
  3. We deliver sacks or bins on the agreed date. If you are moving from bins, the new bins go in as the old ones go out; there is no period with two sets on site.
  4. We issue the Waste Transfer Note for each stream at the start, then renew it annually.
The full checklist is in our guide: How to switch commercial waste provider.

Common questions

What are Greenline Environmental's notice terms?

Not published on its site, as read on 5 November 2026; its legal pages are a cookie policy and a privacy policy. Ask for the agreement in writing and read the term, renewal and notice clauses before you sign, with any supplier.

Does Greenline Environmental collect sacks?

Its site publishes bins from 240 to 1100 litres and no sack service. Ask them directly if that is what you need; we do collect sacks.

Sacks or bins?

Sacks suit a site with no storage and a small daily volume. Bins suit a site with a bin store and steady volume. Our guide on bags or bins for commercial waste covers the trade-offs.

Do you cover my postcode?

Central London and the WD postcodes. Call 0207 101 4003 with your postcode and we will tell you straight away.

How long is your agreement?

12 months as standard, renewing unless you give 60 days' notice before the renewal date, or rolling monthly at a higher rate. You see the agreement before you sign.

Who do I call if a collection is missed?

0207 101 4003. You speak to the person who runs the round.

Who published this

Capital Recycle Ltd wrote this page. We compete with Greenline Environmental for sack and bin customers in central London, so read it as one competitor writing about another. We are an agile, independent London collector with our own caged tippers and our own sack stock. Everything we say about Greenline Environmental comes from its own published pages and Companies House, listed below with the date we read them, and we have not quoted any Greenline Environmental price. Our carrier registration CBDU466346 is on the public register, so check us as well.
Facts checked 5 November 2026.

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