Municipal waste; quantities
Explanation of symbols
Table description
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 urbanisation. Statistical information on waste treatment.
Data available from: 1993
Status of the figures:
The 2016, 2017 and 2018 data are revised provisional and the 2019 data are provisional; all other data are final.
Changes as of 3 July 2020:
Provisional data for 2019 has been added.
When will new figures be published?
Revised provisional data for 2019 will be published in December 2020.
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
- 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
- Cleansing services and other waste
- Cleansing waste is collected by (or on behalf of) the municipal cleansing and public garden departments (excluding construction and demolition waste).
Other waste refers to waste collected from the private sector, like offices, shops, etc.- Total cleansing services and other waste
- Household waste by type of waste
- Small household waste
- Small household waste includes
- Mixed household waste
- Organic, kitchen and garden waste
- Paper and cardboard
- Textiles
- Container glass
- Plastic packaging
- Cartons for beverages
- Metal packaging
- Mixed packaging
- Household hazardous waste
- Diapers
- Household hazardous waste
- Mixed recyclables
- Bulky household waste
- Bulky household waste includes
- Bulky household waste
- Renovation waste
- Bulky garden waste
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment
- Furniture
- Plastics
- Carpeting
- Mattresses
- Rubble
- Wood
- Preserved wood
- Scrap metals
- Flat glass
- Bitumen roof covering materials
- Gypsum
- Waste containing asbestos
- Uncontaminated soil
- Used tyres
- Expanded polystyrene
- Gas cylinders and fire extinguishers
- Carcasses
- Other waste categories
- 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.
- Processing
- Processing refers to the first method applied. The final method may differ from the first method.
- Total municipal waste
- Recycling and reuse
- Composting
- Including digestion of organic waste.
- Separation afterwards
- This processing method involves prior removal of constituents fit for reuse/recycling.
- Incineration
- Landfilling