Municipal waste; quantities, 1993-2015

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Municipal waste; quantities, 1993-2015
Regional divisions Periods Municipalities, inhabitants and response Number of Dutch municipalities (Number)
Total the Netherlands 2015* 393
North Netherlands 2015* 59
East Netherlands 2015* 85
West Netherlands 2015* 150
South Netherlands 2015* 99
Province of Groningen 2015* 23
Province of Friesland 2015* 24
Province of Drenthe 2015* 12
Province of Overijssel 2015* 25
Province of Flevoland 2015* 6
Province of Gelderland 2015* 54
Province of Utrecht 2015* 26
Province of Noord-Holland 2015* 51
Province of Zuid-Holland 2015* 60
Province of Zeeland 2015* 13
Province of Noord-Brabant 2015* 66
Province of Limburg 2015* 33
< 5,000 inhabitants 2015* 6
5,000 - 10,000 inhabitants 2015* 20
10,000 - 20,000 inhabitants 2015* 99
20,000 - 50,000 inhabitants 2015* 192
50,000 - 100,000 inhabitants 2015* 45
> 100,000 inhabitants 2015* 31
Not urbanised 2015* 86
Marginally urbanised 2015* 136
Moderately urbanised 2015* 82
Strongly urbanised 2015* 72
Very strongly urbanised 2015* 17
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 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

Municipalities, inhabitants and response
Number of Dutch municipalities
Total number of municipalities in the Netherlands on 1 January.