Municipal waste; quantities, 1993-2015

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Regional divisions Municipalities, inhabitants and response Number of Dutch municipalities (Number) Municipalities, inhabitants and response Responding municipalities (%) Municipalities, inhabitants and response Total number of inhabitants (x 1000) Municipalities, inhabitants and response Inhabitants in responding municipalities (%)
Total the Netherlands 393 61 16,901 56
North Netherlands 59 68 1,719 76
East Netherlands 85 67 3,569 61
West Netherlands 150 50 8,006 49
South Netherlands 99 66 3,607 57
Province of Groningen 23 70 584 81
Province of Friesland 24 63 646 67
Province of Drenthe 12 75 489 84
Province of Overijssel 25 56 1,141 51
Province of Flevoland 6 50 402 35
Province of Gelderland 54 74 2,027 71
Province of Utrecht 26 54 1,264 67
Province of Noord-Holland 51 43 2,762 40
Province of Zuid-Holland 60 55 3,600 49
Province of Zeeland 13 69 381 55
Province of Noord-Brabant 66 65 2,489 57
Province of Limburg 33 61 1,118 61
< 5,000 inhabitants 6 50 17 44
5,000 - 10,000 inhabitants 20 65 165 66
10,000 - 20,000 inhabitants 99 58 1,477 57
20,000 - 50,000 inhabitants 192 63 6,021 62
50,000 - 100,000 inhabitants 45 60 3,059 61
> 100,000 inhabitants 31 55 6,161 48
Not urbanised 86 58 1,491 58
Marginally urbanised 136 68 3,555 69
Moderately urbanised 82 57 2,936 60
Strongly urbanised 72 57 5,229 58
Very strongly urbanised 17 41 3,690 39
Source: CBS.
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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

Municipalities, inhabitants and response
Number of Dutch municipalities
Total number of municipalities in the Netherlands on 1 January.
Responding municipalities
The percentage of municipalities responding.
Total number of inhabitants
Total number of inhabitants on 1 January.
Inhabitants in responding municipalities