Municipal waste; quantities
| Regional divisions | Periods | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Total cleansing services and other waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Litter (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Waste from sewerages, pumping-stations (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Floating waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Organic waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Mixed waste from festivities (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Mixed market waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Other cleansing services waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Office, shop and services waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Construction and demolition waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Hazardous waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Total cleansing services and other waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Litter (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Waste from sewerages, pumping-stations (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Floating waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Organic waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Mixed waste from festivities (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Mixed market waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Other cleansing services waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Office, shop and services waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Construction and demolition waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Hazardous waste (kg per capita) | Processing Cleansing services and other waste Recycling and reuse (%) | Processing Cleansing services and other waste Composting (%) | Processing Cleansing services and other waste Separation afterwards (%) | Processing Cleansing services and other waste Incineration (%) | Processing Cleansing services and other waste Landfilling (%) |
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| Nederland | 2024** | 1,020 | 231 | 100 | 4 | 581 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 18 | 13 | 6 |
| Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2024** | 149 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 55 | 14 | 14 | 8 |
| Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2024** | 214 | 47 | 19 | 1 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 31 | 8 | 3 |
| West-Nederland (LD) | 2024** | 397 | 113 | 40 | 2 | 190 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 51 | 14 | 16 | 9 |
| Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2024** | 260 | 51 | 25 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 57 | 16 | 12 | 5 |
| Groningen (PV) | 2024** | 59 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 98 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 49 | 8 | 19 | 5 |
| Fryslân (PV) | 2024** | 45 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 8 |
| Drenthe (PV) | 2024** | 46 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| Overijssel (PV) | 2024** | 77 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 49 | 4 | 2 |
| Flevoland (PV) | 2024** | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 19 | 10 | 2 |
| Gelderland (PV) | 2024** | 114 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 53 | 20 | 11 | 3 |
| Utrecht (PV) | 2024** | 67 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| Noord-Holland (PV) | 2024** | 153 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 58 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Zuid-Holland (PV) | 2024** | 157 | 48 | 18 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 16 | 24 | 10 |
| Zeeland (PV) | 2024** | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 54 | 7 | 18 | 9 |
| Noord-Brabant (PV) | 2024** | 204 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 59 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| Limburg (PV) | 2024** | 57 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 22 | 17 | 2 |
| Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants | 2024** | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 54 | 1 |
| 5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants | 2024** | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 26 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants | 2024** | 44 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 26 | 7 | 9 |
| 20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants | 2024** | 354 | 68 | 36 | 0 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 62 | 15 | 9 | 7 |
| 50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants | 2024** | 247 | 55 | 26 | 1 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 59 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| 100 000 inhabitants or more | 2024** | 370 | 98 | 32 | 2 | 162 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 34 | 25 | 22 | 5 |
| Not urbanised | 2024** | 77 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 24 | 9 | 7 |
| Hardly urbanised | 2024** | 234 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 8 |
| Moderately urbanised | 2024** | 173 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 65 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Strongly urbanised | 2024** | 283 | 66 | 29 | 2 | 169 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 47 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| Extremely urbanised | 2024** | 254 | 74 | 21 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 17 | 28 | 7 |
| 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 and 2020 data cannot be easily compared for the province of Zeeland. In 2024 the ZRD changed the calculations for assigning the generic category of ‘sortable waste’ to other waste flows. Because of this the figures for 2023 and 2024 cannot be easily compared for the province of Zeeland.
Data available from: 1993
Status of the figures:
The 2022, 2023 and 2024 data are revised provisional; all other data are final.
Changes as of 11 December 2025:
Final data for 2021 have been added. New revised provisional data for 2022, 2023 and 2024 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
Provisional data for 2025 will be published in July 2026.
Description topics
- Municipal waste (1000 tonnes)
- 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
- Litter
- Manual or mechanised refuse collection by street sweepers on streets, beaches, etc. (including public litter bins).
- Waste from sewerages, pumping-stations
- Sludge from the sewer system, drains and pumping-stations.
- Floating waste
- Floating waste from harbours, canals, ditches, ponds, etc.
Including dragged waste, excluding dredged mud and sludge.
- Organic waste
- Vegetable waste from public gardens, nature reserves, etc.
- Mixed waste from festivities
- Mixed waste from festivities, fairs, concerts, etc.
- Mixed market waste
- Other cleansing services waste
- Office, shop and services waste
- Construction and demolition waste
- Construction and demolition waste from the private sector.
- Hazardous waste
- Small quantities of hazardous industrial waste.
- Municipal waste (kg per capita)
- 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
- Litter
- Manual or mechanised refuse collection by street sweepers on streets, beaches, etc. (including public litter bins).
- Waste from sewerages, pumping-stations
- Sludge from the sewer system, drains and pumping-stations
- Floating waste
- Floating waste from harbours, canals, ditches, ponds, etc.
Including dragged waste, excluding dredged mud and sludge.
- Organic waste
- Vegetable waste from public gardens, nature reserves, etc.
- Mixed waste from festivities
- Mixed waste from festivities, fairs, concerts, etc.
- Mixed market waste
- Other cleansing services waste
- Office, shop and services waste
- Construction and demolition waste
- Construction and demolition waste from the private sector.
- Hazardous waste
- Small quantities of hazardous industrial waste.
- Processing
- Processing refers to the first method applied. The final method may differ from the first method.
- 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.- 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