Municipal waste; quantities

Municipal waste; quantities

Regional divisions Periods Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Organic, kitchen and garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Bulky garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Organic, kitchen and garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Bulky garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Organic, kitchen and garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Bulky garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Organic, kitchen and garden waste (kg per capita) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Bulky garden waste (kg per capita)
Nederland 2022** 1,556 394 1,550 25 7 368 89 22
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022** 224 65 224 6 0 59 129 37
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022** 435 99 435 9 1 90 117 27
West-Nederland (LD) 2022** 531 102 526 6 5 96 63 12
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022** 366 128 365 4 1 124 99 34
Groningen (PV) 2022** 58 16 58 1 0 15 99 28
Fryslân (PV) 2022** 85 27 84 4 0 23 130 41
Drenthe (PV) 2022** 81 22 81 0 0 22 163 44
Overijssel (PV) 2022** 140 36 139 2 1 34 119 30
Flevoland (PV) 2022** 31 10 31 5 0 5 72 23
Gelderland (PV) 2022** 264 53 264 3 0 50 125 25
Utrecht (PV) 2022** 107 21 106 2 1 19 78 16
Noord-Holland (PV) 2022** 173 34 173 3 1 31 60 12
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2022** 203 32 200 2 3 30 54 9
Zeeland (PV) 2022** 48 14 47 0 0 14 123 37
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2022** 254 85 254 3 0 82 98 33
Limburg (PV) 2022** 112 43 111 1 1 41 100 38
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 2022** 1 1 1 1 0 0 90 75
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 2022** 6 2 6 0 0 2 111 35
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 2022** 113 35 113 0 0 34 122 38
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 2022** 709 204 707 9 2 195 119 34
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2022** 381 93 377 4 4 89 96 23
100 000 inhabitants or more 2022** 346 59 345 11 1 48 52 9
Not urbanised 2022** 176 53 176 4 0 49 145 44
Hardly urbanised 2022** 506 153 505 4 0 149 135 41
Moderately urbanised 2022** 300 85 299 4 1 82 106 30
Strongly urbanised 2022** 435 84 431 11 3 72 83 16
Extremely urbanised 2022** 139 18 137 2 2 16 31 4
Source: CBS.
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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 urbanisation. Statistical information on waste treatment.

Municipalities that collectively manage waste collection centres (milieustraat), assign the waste flows to participating municipalities based on the proportion of inhabitants of the total. The Zeeuwse Reinigingsdienst (ZRD) until 2021 assigned the waste flows based on the proportion of weighed kilograms per waste collection centre in relation to the total for the municipalities in the province of Zeeland, but has now switched to assigning them based on the proportion of inhabitants as well. This cause a break with regards to earlier years of the times series, and 2021 en 2020 data cannot be easily compared for the province of Zeeland.

Data available from: 1993

Status of the figures:
The 2020, 2021 and 2022 data are revised provisional; all other data are final.

Changes as of 15 December 2023:
Final data for 2019 have been added. New revised provisional data for 2020, 2021 and 2022 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional data for 2023 will be published in July 2024.

Description topics

Municipal waste (1000 tonnes)
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices, shops, etc.
Total
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
Bulky garden waste
Kerbside collection
Household waste collected from kerbside.
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
Bulky garden waste
Bring/drop-off collection
Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
Bulky garden waste
Municipal waste (kg per capita)
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
Bulky garden waste