Municipal waste; quantities, 1993-2015
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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
- 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
- Kerbside collection
- Household waste collected from kerbside.
- Total household waste
- Bring/drop-off collection
- Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
- Total household waste
- 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
- Municipal waste (kg per capita)
- Total municipal waste
- Household waste
- Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.- Total household waste
- 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
- Separate collection
- Percentage of household waste collected separately.
Separately collected waste has not necessarily to be reused or recycled.- Household waste
- Mixed and bulky household waste and renovation waste are collected as mixed waste streams. All other waste streams are collected separately.
- Small household waste
- Small household waste includes the following components:
- mixed household waste
- organic kitchen and garden waste
- paper and cardboard
- glass
- textiles
- household hazardous waste
- metal packaging
- cartons for beverages and
- plastics.
Mixed household waste is collected as a mixed waste stream. All other
waste streams are collected separately.
- Bulky household waste
- Bulky household waste includes the following components:
- bulky household waste
- renovation waste
- electrical and electronic equipment
- bulky garden waste
- furniture
- window and sheet glass
- scrap metals
- wood
- Rubble
- Waste containing asbestos
- used tyres
- clean soil
- roof covering materials and
- other waste categories.
Bulky household waste and renovation waste are collected as mixed
waste streams. All other waste streams are collected separately.