Municipal waste; quantities

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Regional divisions Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Paper and cardboard (kg per capita)
Nederland 723 522 201 41
Noord-Nederland (LD) 84 67 17 48
Oost-Nederland (LD) 173 128 45 46
West-Nederland (LD) 296 184 112 35
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 169 142 27 45
Groningen (PV) 28 21 7 46
Fryslân (PV) 32 28 4 49
Drenthe (PV) 25 19 6 49
Overijssel (PV) 57 33 24 48
Flevoland (PV) 17 15 2 38
Gelderland (PV) 99 81 18 46
Utrecht (PV) 54 39 14 39
Noord-Holland (PV) 104 55 49 35
Zuid-Holland (PV) 118 74 44 31
Zeeland (PV) 20 15 4 50
Noord-Brabant (PV) 116 100 15 44
Limburg (PV) 54 42 11 48
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 1 1 0 92
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 2 2 0 43
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 42 32 10 51
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 287 224 64 48
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 179 136 43 43
100 000 inhabitants or more 211 127 84 31
Not urbanised 66 55 12 54
Hardly urbanised 187 151 36 50
Moderately urbanised 136 101 35 47
Strongly urbanised 212 160 51 40
Extremely urbanised 122 54 67 26
Source: CBS.
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Amount of municipal waste collected by or on behalf of municipalities in the Netherlands. Amount of waste by type of waste, province, municipal size class and degree of urbanisation. Statistical information on waste treatment.

Municipalities that collectively manage waste collection centres (milieustraat), assign the waste flows to participating municipalities based on the proportion of inhabitants of the total. The Zeeuwse Reinigingsdienst (ZRD) until 2021 assigned the waste flows based on the proportion of weighed kilograms per waste collection centre in relation to the total for the municipalities in the province of Zeeland, but has now switched to assigning them based on the proportion of inhabitants as well. This cause a break with regards to earlier years of the times series, and 2021 en 2020 data cannot be easily compared for the province of Zeeland.

Because the response rate of the survey is lower at the time provisional data is published, figures are partly estimated. Because of a change in the method with which the estimates are calculated, the figures are less reliable for smaller flows of waste that do not have national coverage (such as diapers) when provisional data are published.

Data available from: 1993

Status of the figures:
TThe 2021, 2022 and 2023 data are revised provisional; all other data are final.

Changes as of 13 December 2024:
Final data for 2020 have been added. New revised provisional data for 2021, 2022 and 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional data for 2024 will be published in July 2025.

Description topics

Municipal waste (1000 tonnes)
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices, shops, etc.
Total
Paper and cardboard
Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
Kerbside collection
Household waste collected from kerbside.
Paper and cardboard
Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
Bring/drop-off collection
Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
Paper and cardboard
Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
Municipal waste (kg per capita)
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.
Paper and cardboard
Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.