Municipal waste; quantities

Municipal waste; quantities

Regional divisions Periods 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 Household hazardous waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Used tyres (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) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Household hazardous waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Used tyres (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Total household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Mixed household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Bulky household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Household hazardous waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Used tyres (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Total household waste (kg per capita) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Mixed household waste (kg per capita)
Nederland 2023* 8,118 2,607 480 22 4.9 5,114 2,389 178 0 0.0 3,004 218 301 22 4.9 456 146
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023* 946 272 42 3 0.8 606 268 5 0 0.0 340 3 36 3 0.8 538 155
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023* 1,637 363 77 5 1.0 1,042 309 17 0 0.0 595 54 60 5 1.0 435 96
West-Nederland (LD) 2023* 3,781 1,551 287 9 1.9 2,443 1,427 151 0 0.0 1,338 124 136 9 1.9 443 182
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023* 1,754 422 74 5 1.2 1,024 385 5 0 0.0 731 37 69 5 1.2 467 112
Groningen (PV) 2023* 280 94 15 1 0.1 186 93 1 0 0.0 95 1 14 1 0.1 470 158
Fryslân (PV) 2023* 387 113 16 1 0.3 241 112 4 0 0.0 147 2 12 1 0.3 587 172
Drenthe (PV) 2023* 278 64 10 1 0.3 180 64 1 0 0.0 98 0 10 1 0.3 553 127
Overijssel (PV) 2023* 510 103 22 2 0.3 300 74 3 0 0.0 209 29 19 2 0.3 430 87
Flevoland (PV) 2023* 202 64 14 1 0.2 136 63 8 0 0.0 67 0 6 1 0.2 455 143
Gelderland (PV) 2023* 925 196 40 3 0.5 606 172 7 0 0.0 319 24 34 3 0.5 434 92
Utrecht (PV) 2023* 606 217 32 2 0.3 373 188 13 0 0.0 233 29 19 2 0.3 437 156
Noord-Holland (PV) 2023* 1,318 531 115 3 0.7 888 528 70 0 0.0 430 3 46 3 0.7 446 180
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023* 1,604 738 132 4 0.7 1,045 646 68 0 0.0 559 92 65 4 0.7 422 194
Zeeland (PV) 2023* 252 66 8 1 0.1 138 64 1 0 0.0 115 1 7 1 0.1 645 168
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023* 1,214 301 49 4 0.7 714 272 4 0 0.0 500 28 46 4 0.7 462 114
Limburg (PV) 2023* 540 121 24 1 0.5 309 113 1 0 0.0 231 9 23 1 0.5 479 108
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 2023* 12 5 1 0 0.0 9 5 0 0 0.0 3 0 1 0 0.0 931 421
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 2023* 27 7 1 0 0.0 17 7 0 0 0.0 10 0 1 0 0.0 469 119
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 2023* 416 85 17 1 0.3 246 76 3 0 0.0 170 9 14 1 0.3 502 103
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 2023* 2,987 695 138 9 1.9 1,790 637 16 0 0.0 1,197 59 122 8 1.9 498 116
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2023* 1,971 596 102 6 1.2 1,200 538 24 0 0.0 771 58 77 6 1.2 474 143
100 000 inhabitants or more 2023* 2,705 1,219 221 6 1.5 1,853 1,127 134 0 0.0 852 92 87 6 1.5 400 180
Not urbanised 2023* 688 151 26 2 0.5 418 143 3 0 0.0 270 8 23 2 0.5 561 123
Hardly urbanised 2023* 1,870 383 75 5 1.2 1,161 362 5 0 0.0 709 21 70 5 1.2 498 102
Moderately urbanised 2023* 1,422 349 67 4 0.9 831 317 8 0 0.0 591 32 59 4 0.9 491 121
Strongly urbanised 2023* 2,381 760 150 7 1.6 1,439 647 48 0 0.0 941 112 101 7 1.6 450 144
Extremely urbanised 2023* 1,757 964 162 3 0.7 1,265 920 114 0 0.0 492 44 48 3 0.7 378 207
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 provisional. The 2020, 2021 and 2022 data are revised provisional; all other data are final.

Changes as of 22 July 2024:
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?
Revised provisional data for 2023 will be published in September 2024.

Description topics

Municipal waste (1000 tonnes)
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.
Household hazardous waste
Used tyres
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.
Household hazardous waste
Used tyres
Bring/drop-off collection
Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
Total household waste
Mixed household waste
Bulky household waste
Large items of household waste which have to be collected separately.
Household hazardous waste
Used tyres
Municipal waste (kg per capita)
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.
Total household waste
Mixed household waste