Municipal waste; quantities, 1993-2015
| Regional divisions | Periods | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Cartons for beverages (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Carpeting (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Cartons for beverages (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Carpeting (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Cartons for beverages (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Carpeting (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Paper and cardboard (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Cartons for beverages (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Carpeting (kg per capita) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total the Netherlands | 2015* | 921 | 5 | 9 | 660 | 2 | 0 | 261 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| North Netherlands | 2015* | 107 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| East Netherlands | 2015* | 223 | 2 | 2 | 164 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| West Netherlands | 2015* | 363 | 0 | 2 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| South Netherlands | 2015* | 229 | 2 | 3 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Province of Groningen | 2015* | 33 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Province of Friesland | 2015* | 43 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Province of Drenthe | 2015* | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Province of Overijssel | 2015* | 74 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Province of Flevoland | 2015* | 22 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Province of Gelderland | 2015* | 127 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Province of Utrecht | 2015* | 63 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Province of Noord-Holland | 2015* | 130 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Province of Zuid-Holland | 2015* | 142 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Province of Zeeland | 2015* | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Province of Noord-Brabant | 2015* | 155 | 1 | 3 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Province of Limburg | 2015* | 74 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| < 5,000 inhabitants | 2015* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 5,000 - 10,000 inhabitants | 2015* | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| 10,000 - 20,000 inhabitants | 2015* | 99 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 20,000 - 50,000 inhabitants | 2015* | 382 | 2 | 3 | 290 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 50,000 - 100,000 inhabitants | 2015* | 170 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| > 100,000 inhabitants | 2015* | 259 | 1 | 3 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Not urbanised | 2015* | 106 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Marginally urbanised | 2015* | 235 | 2 | 2 | 194 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Moderately urbanised | 2015* | 181 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Strongly urbanised | 2015* | 283 | 2 | 3 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Very strongly urbanised | 2015* | 117 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||||
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 urbanization. Statistical information on the methods of collection and treatment of wastes.
Data available from: 1993-2015.
Status of the figures:
The 2014 data is revised provisional and the 2015 data is provisional; all other data are final.
Changes as of 27 January 2017:
None, this table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
This table is succeeded by Municipal waste; quantities. See paragraph 3.
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.
- Cartons for beverages
- Carpeting
- Kerbside collection
- Household waste collected from kerbside.
- Paper and cardboard
- Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
- Cartons for beverages
- Carpeting
- 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.
- Cartons for beverages
- Carpeting
- 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.
- Cartons for beverages
- Carpeting