Municipal waste; quantities, 1993-2015
Explanation of symbols
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
- Organic, kitchen and garden waste
- Paper and cardboard
- Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
- Electrical and electronic equipment
- Refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, television sets, audio equipment, computer equipment, small kitchen appliances, etc.
- Window and sheet glass
- Panes, mirrors, etc.
- Kerbside collection
- Household waste collected from kerbside.
- Organic, kitchen and garden waste
- Paper and cardboard
- Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
- Electrical and electronic equipment
- Refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, television sets, audio equipment, computer equipment, small kitchen appliances, etc.
- Window and sheet glass
- Panes, mirrors, etc.
- Bring/drop-off collection
- Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
- Organic, kitchen and garden waste
- Paper and cardboard
- Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
- Electrical and electronic equipment
- Refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, television sets, audio equipment, computer equipment, small kitchen appliances, etc.
- Window and sheet glass
- Panes, mirrors, etc.
- Waste cleansing services and other waste
- Cleansing waste is collected by the municipal cleansing and public garden departments (excluding construction and demolition waste).
Other waste refers to waste collected from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.- Total cleansing services and other waste
- Litter
- Manual or mechanised refuse collection by street sweepers on the streets, beaches, etc. (including public litter bins).
- Waste from sewerages, pumping-stations
- Sludge from the sewer system, drains and pumping-stations.
- Floating waste
- Floating waste in harbours, canals, ditches, ponds, etc.
Including dragged waste, excluding dredged mud and sludge.
- Organic waste
- Vegetable waste from public gardens, nature reserves, etc.
- Mixed waste from festivities
- Mixed waste from festivities, fairs, concerts, etc.
- Mixed market waste
- Mixed market waste.
- Other waste cleansing services