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
- Other plastics
- Like plastic garden furniture and PVC pipes.
- Other waste categories
- Kerbside collection
- Household waste collected from kerbside.
- Other plastics
- Like plastic garden furniture and PVC pipes.
- Other waste categories
- Bring/drop-off collection
- Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
- Other plastics
- Like plastic garden furniture and PVC pipes.
- Other waste categories
- 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
- Office, shop and service waste
- Office, shop and service waste.
- Construction and demolition waste
- Construction and demolition waste from the private sector.
- Hazardous waste
- Small quantities of hazardous industrial waste.
- Municipal waste (kg per capita)
- Household waste
- Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.- Other plastics
- Like plastic garden furniture and PVC pipes.
- Other waste categories
- 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
- Office, shop and service waste
- Office, shop and service waste.
- Construction and demolition waste
- Construction and demolition waste from the private sector.
- Hazardous waste
- Small quantities of hazardous industrial waste.
- Collectors
- From 2013 onward data on collectors is no longer available.
The figures refer solely to waste collected from the kerbside.
Percentages are based on the volume of waste collected.- Household waste
- Other collectors
- Charities, schools, clubs, etc.
- Bulky household waste
- Large items of household waste which have to be collected separately.
- Other collectors
- Charities, schools, clubs, etc.
- Processing
- Processing refers to the first method applied. The final method may differ from the first method.
- 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.- Recycling and reuse
- Including useful applications.
- Composting
- Separation afterwards
- Processing waste in a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) .
- Incineration
- Landfilling