Municipal waste; quantities
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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.
- Kerbside collection
- Household waste collected from kerbside.
- Total household waste
- Mixed household waste
- Bulky household waste
- Large items of household waste which have to be collected separately.
- Renovation waste
- Mixed construction and demolition waste.
- Organic, kitchen and garden waste
- Paper and cardboard
- Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
- Textiles
- Clothing, textiles and shoes. Including textiles collected by clubs, schools and charities.
- Container glass
- Bottles and jars. Excluding flat glass.
- Plastic packaging
- Plastic packaging like bottles, foil and trays.
Data over the years up to 2007 include other rigid (non-packaging) plastics.
The volume of plastic packaging waste only refers to materials collected separately. Some municipalities, mainly in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland, have opted for separation of plastics from household waste after collection. The volume of this waste (sorted afterwards) is not included in the figures.
- Cartons for beverages
- Metal packaging
- Cans, tins, etc.
- Mixed packaging
- A mix of plastic and metal packaging and cartons for beverages.
- Household hazardous waste
- Diapers
- Frying fat and oils
- Mixed recyclables
- Bulky garden waste
- Waste electrical and electronic equipm.
- Furniture
- Plastics
- Like plastic garden furniture and plastic toys.
- Carpeting
- Mattresses
- Rubble
- Wood
- Excluding preserved wood.
- Preserved wood
- For instance wood treated with Wolman’s salt or creosote.
- Scrap metals
- Flat glass
- Panes, mirrors, etc.
- Bitumen roof covering materials
- Gypsum
- Waste building materials containing gypsum like plasterboard.
- Waste containing asbestos
- Uncontaminated soil
- Used tyres
- Expanded polystyrene
- Expanded polystyrene (EPS) of Styrofoam.
- Gas cylinders and fire extinguishers
- Carcasses
- Other waste categories
- Bring/drop-off collection
- Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
- Total household waste
- Mixed household waste
- Bulky household waste
- Large items of household waste which have to be collected separately.
- Renovation waste
- Mixed construction and demolition waste.
- Organic, kitchen and garden waste
- Paper and cardboard
- Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
- Textiles
- Clothing, textiles and shoes. Including textiles collected by clubs, schools and charities.
- Container glass
- Bottles and jars. Excluding flat glass.
- Plastic packaging
- Plastic packaging like bottles, foil and trays.
Data over the years up to 2007 include other rigid (non-packaging) plastics.
The volume of plastic packaging waste only refers to materials collected separately. Some municipalities, mainly in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland, have opted for separation of plastics from household waste after collection. The volume of this waste (sorted afterwards) is not included in the figures.
- Cartons for beverages
- Metal packaging
- Cans, tins, etc.
- Mixed packaging
- A mix of plastic and metal packaging and cartons for beverages.
- Household hazardous waste
- Diapers
- Frying fat and oils
- Mixed recyclables
- Bulky garden waste
- Waste electrical and electronic equipm.
- Furniture
- Plastics
- Like plastic garden furniture and plastic toys.
- Carpeting
- Mattresses
- Rubble
- Wood
- Excluding preserved wood.
- Preserved wood
- For instance wood treated with Wolman’s salt or creosote.
- Scrap metals
- Flat glass
- Panes, mirrors, etc.
- Bitumen roof covering materials
- Gypsum
- Waste building materials containing gypsum like plasterboard.
- Waste containing asbestos
- Uncontaminated soil
- Used tyres
- Expanded polystyrene
- Expanded polystyrene (EPS) of Styrofoam.
- 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.
- 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
Besides mixed household waste, all wastes are collected seperately
- 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
Besides bulky household waste and renovation waste, all wastes are collected seperately