Municipal waste; quantities
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.
| Periods | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes)Total municipal waste (1 000 tonnes) | Household wasteTotalTotal household waste (1 000 tonnes) | Household wasteKerbside collectionTotal household waste (1 000 tonnes) | Household wasteBring/drop-off collectionTotal household waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (kg per capita)Total municipal waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita)Household wasteTotal household waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita)Cleansing services and other wasteTotal cleansing services and other waste (kg per capita) | Household waste by type of wasteSmall household waste (%) | Household waste by type of wasteBulky household waste (%) | Separate collectionHousehold waste (%) | ProcessingTotal municipal wasteRecycling and reuse (%) | ProcessingTotal municipal wasteComposting (%) | ProcessingTotal municipal wasteSeparation afterwards (%) | ProcessingTotal municipal wasteIncineration (%) | ProcessingTotal municipal wasteLandfilling (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8,811 | 7,443 | 6,209 | 1,233 | 571 | 482 | 89 | 80 | 20 | 42 | . | . | . | . | . | |
| 2000 | 10,262 | 8,986 | 6,560 | 2,426 | 647 | 566 | 80 | 76 | 24 | 46 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 29 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 10,408 | 9,158 | 6,403 | 2,755 | 638 | 562 | 77 | 74 | 26 | 48 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 10,061 | 8,860 | 6,134 | 2,726 | 607 | 535 | 72 | 74 | 26 | 50 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 10,163 | 8,915 | 6,141 | 2,774 | 610 | 535 | 75 | 74 | 26 | 51 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 9,816 | 8,656 | 5,982 | 2,674 | 587 | 517 | 69 | 75 | 25 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 9,446 | 8,299 | 5,706 | 2,594 | 563 | 495 | 68 | 75 | 25 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 9,517 | 8,385 | 5,736 | 2,649 | 565 | 498 | 67 | 75 | 25 | 52 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 9,513 | 8,376 | 5,661 | 2,715 | 563 | 496 | 67 | 75 | 25 | 53 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 9,520 | 8,423 | 5,608 | 2,815 | 561 | 496 | 65 | 74 | 26 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 9,462 | 8,425 | 5,511 | 2,914 | 554 | 493 | 61 | 73 | 27 | 57 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 9,520 | 8,469 | 5,431 | 3,038 | 554 | 493 | 61 | 72 | 28 | 58 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2019* | 9,546 | 8,512 | 5,400 | 3,112 | 552 | 493 | 60 | 71 | 29 | 60 | . | . | . | . | . | |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||||||||