Municipal waste; quantities

Municipal waste; quantities

Regional divisions Periods Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Total municipal waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Total household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Mixed household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Bulky household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Renovation waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Organic, kitchen and garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Household hazardous waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Bulky garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Waste electrical and electronic equipm. (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Waste containing asbestos (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Other waste categories (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Total household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Mixed household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Bulky household waste (1 000 tonnes)
Nederland 2023** 9,016 8,061 2,622 471 75 1,632 22 411 89 7 1.8 5,101 2,401 179
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023** 1,097 944 271 42 12 236 3 68 9 2 0.1 605 268 5
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023** 1,833 1,633 362 77 16 460 5 102 20 1 0.1 1,042 309 17
West-Nederland (LD) 2023** 4,094 3,752 1,570 283 33 551 9 99 42 2 0.8 2,444 1,444 152
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023** 1,992 1,732 419 68 15 385 5 141 18 2 0.8 1,010 380 4
Groningen (PV) 2023** 356 280 94 15 2 61 1 14 3 0 0.0 185 93 1
Fryslân (PV) 2023** 427 387 113 16 6 91 1 31 4 1 0.0 240 111 4
Drenthe (PV) 2023** 314 277 64 10 4 84 1 24 2 0 0.0 180 64 1
Overijssel (PV) 2023** 582 509 103 22 5 150 2 40 6 1 0.0 300 74 3
Flevoland (PV) 2023** 221 201 63 14 1 35 1 9 3 0 0.0 135 63 8
Gelderland (PV) 2023** 1,031 922 196 41 9 275 3 54 12 1 0.1 606 173 7
Utrecht (PV) 2023** 650 593 215 31 6 110 2 21 7 0 0.0 368 186 13
Noord-Holland (PV) 2023** 1,425 1,300 525 111 13 182 3 36 15 1 0.2 879 524 67
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023** 1,745 1,609 764 134 6 209 4 27 17 1 0.6 1,059 670 71
Zeeland (PV) 2023** 275 251 66 7 8 50 1 15 3 0 0.0 138 64 1
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023** 1,402 1,196 299 45 11 266 4 89 13 1 0.6 710 270 3
Limburg (PV) 2023** 590 535 120 24 4 120 1 52 5 1 0.2 301 110 1
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 2023** 14 11 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 8 5 0
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 2023** 29 27 7 1 1 7 0 2 0 0 0.0 17 7 0
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 2023** 446 401 84 17 8 103 1 35 4 1 0.1 235 75 3
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 2023** 3,285 2,951 692 134 29 743 9 213 33 4 0.3 1,777 635 15
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2023** 2,204 1,955 594 97 14 410 6 99 24 2 0.6 1,191 531 22
100 000 inhabitants or more 2023** 3,038 2,716 1,240 220 24 368 6 61 28 1 0.7 1,873 1,149 138
Not urbanised 2023** 771 682 148 26 15 185 2 54 7 1 0.1 415 140 3
Hardly urbanised 2023** 2,079 1,852 383 74 12 525 5 156 20 3 0.3 1,147 362 5
Moderately urbanised 2023** 1,529 1,387 356 64 12 315 4 93 17 1 0.1 820 321 8
Strongly urbanised 2023** 2,646 2,364 750 144 24 460 7 88 29 2 0.7 1,430 637 46
Extremely urbanised 2023** 1,992 1,775 985 162 11 147 3 19 17 1 0.6 1,288 942 118
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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:
The data for 2023 are revised provisional. The 2020, 2021 and 2022 data are revised provisional; all other data are final.

Changes as of 23 October 2024:
Revised provisional data for 2023 have been added. New revised provisional data for 2020, 2021 and 2022 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
New revised provisional data for 2023 will be published in September 2024.

Description topics

Municipal waste (1000 tonnes)
Total municipal waste
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices, shops, etc.
Total
Total household waste
Mixed household waste
Bulky household waste
Large items of household waste which have to be collected separately.
Renovation waste
Mixed construction and demolition waste.
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
Household hazardous waste
Bulky garden waste
Waste electrical and electronic equipm.
Waste containing asbestos
Other waste categories
Kerbside collection
Household waste collected from kerbside.
Total household waste
Mixed household waste
Bulky household waste
Large items of household waste which have to be collected separately.