Municipal waste; quantities
| Regional divisions | Periods | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Total municipal waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Total household waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Total household waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Total household waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Total municipal waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Total household waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Total cleansing services and other waste (kg per capita) | Household waste by type of waste Small household waste (%) | Household waste by type of waste Bulky household waste (%) | Separate collection Household waste (%) | Processing Total municipal waste Recycling and reuse (%) | Processing Total municipal waste Composting (%) | Processing Total municipal waste Separation afterwards (%) | Processing Total municipal waste Incineration (%) | Processing Total municipal waste Landfilling (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nederland | 2024* | 9,256 | 8,235 | 5,182 | 3,053 | 516 | 459 | 57 | 72 | 28 | 61 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2024* | 1,103 | 955 | 607 | 348 | 624 | 540 | 84 | 70 | 30 | 66 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2024* | 1,879 | 1,667 | 1,054 | 613 | 496 | 440 | 56 | 74 | 26 | 72 | . | . | . | . | . |
| West-Nederland (LD) | 2024* | 4,257 | 3,849 | 2,489 | 1,360 | 495 | 447 | 47 | 72 | 28 | 50 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2024* | 2,017 | 1,763 | 1,031 | 732 | 534 | 467 | 67 | 69 | 31 | 71 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Groningen (PV) | 2024* | 338 | 279 | 184 | 95 | 562 | 464 | 98 | 73 | 27 | 60 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Fryslân (PV) | 2024* | 438 | 394 | 242 | 152 | 661 | 595 | 66 | 65 | 35 | 65 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Drenthe (PV) | 2024* | 328 | 282 | 181 | 101 | 651 | 560 | 91 | 73 | 27 | 72 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Overijssel (PV) | 2024* | 585 | 512 | 300 | 212 | 492 | 431 | 61 | 77 | 23 | 74 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Flevoland (PV) | 2024* | 226 | 204 | 138 | 67 | 501 | 453 | 48 | 68 | 32 | 59 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Gelderland (PV) | 2024* | 1,068 | 951 | 617 | 334 | 497 | 443 | 55 | 75 | 25 | 73 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Utrecht (PV) | 2024* | 678 | 610 | 374 | 236 | 484 | 436 | 49 | 72 | 28 | 57 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Noord-Holland (PV) | 2024* | 1,487 | 1,335 | 894 | 441 | 500 | 448 | 51 | 71 | 29 | 50 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Zuid-Holland (PV) | 2024* | 1,809 | 1,646 | 1,083 | 563 | 471 | 429 | 43 | 76 | 24 | 43 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Zeeland (PV) | 2024* | 282 | 258 | 139 | 120 | 721 | 659 | 62 | 60 | 40 | 69 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Noord-Brabant (PV) | 2024* | 1,410 | 1,211 | 722 | 489 | 533 | 458 | 75 | 70 | 30 | 70 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Limburg (PV) | 2024* | 607 | 552 | 309 | 242 | 535 | 487 | 49 | 67 | 33 | 72 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants | 2024* | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1,073 | 823 | 251 | 71 | 29 | 50 | . | . | . | . | . |
| 5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants | 2024* | 34 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 585 | 531 | 54 | 70 | 30 | 71 | . | . | . | . | . |
| 10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants | 2024* | 441 | 395 | 224 | 170 | 545 | 488 | 57 | 68 | 32 | 73 | . | . | . | . | . |
| 20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants | 2024* | 3,304 | 2,941 | 1,754 | 1,187 | 561 | 500 | 62 | 69 | 31 | 71 | . | . | . | . | . |
| 50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants | 2024* | 2,315 | 2,074 | 1,250 | 824 | 533 | 478 | 55 | 70 | 30 | 64 | . | . | . | . | . |
| 100 000 inhabitants or more | 2024* | 3,149 | 2,783 | 1,927 | 857 | 461 | 407 | 54 | 76 | 24 | 45 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Not urbanised | 2024* | 771 | 692 | 416 | 276 | 628 | 564 | 64 | 66 | 34 | 73 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Hardly urbanised | 2024* | 2,121 | 1,886 | 1,148 | 738 | 566 | 503 | 63 | 70 | 30 | 75 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Moderately urbanised | 2024* | 1,600 | 1,416 | 830 | 585 | 552 | 489 | 64 | 70 | 30 | 69 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Strongly urbanised | 2024* | 2,677 | 2,413 | 1,458 | 955 | 499 | 450 | 49 | 71 | 29 | 61 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Extremely urbanised | 2024* | 2,087 | 1,827 | 1,329 | 498 | 443 | 388 | 55 | 78 | 22 | 34 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||||||||
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 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.
Because the response rate of the survey is lower at the time provisional data is published, figures are partly estimated. Because of a change in the method with which the estimates are calculated, the figures are less reliable for smaller flows of waste that do not have national coverage (such as diapers) when provisional data are published.
Data available from: 1993
Status of the figures:
The 2021, 2022 and 2023 data are revised provisional, the 2024 data are provisional; all other data are final.
Changes as of 16 July 2025:
Provisional data for 2024 have been added. New revised provisional data for 2021, 2022 and 2023 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
Final data for 2021 and revised provisional data for 2024 will be published in October 2025.
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