Municipal waste; quantities

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Regional divisions 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 Total Mixed household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Bulky household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Renovation waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Organic, kitchen and garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Household hazardous waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Bulky garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Waste electrical and electronic equipm. (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Waste containing asbestos (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Other waste categories (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Total household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Mixed household waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Bulky household waste (1 000 tonnes)
Nederland 9,082 8,104 2,644 503 75 1,576 25 394 91 7 6.0 5,039 2,397 192
Noord-Nederland (LD) 1,079 936 272 45 12 223 3 62 9 2 1.6 590 268 7
Oost-Nederland (LD) 1,844 1,638 377 86 17 441 5 98 21 1 0.4 1,024 321 21
West-Nederland (LD) 4,170 3,792 1,565 298 30 536 11 103 42 2 3.4 2,420 1,418 159
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 1,989 1,738 431 73 16 375 6 133 18 2 0.6 1,005 390 5
Groningen (PV) 334 276 96 16 2 57 1 11 3 0 1.6 182 94 2
Fryslân (PV) 427 385 112 18 6 86 1 27 4 1 0.0 234 110 5
Drenthe (PV) 317 275 64 11 4 80 1 23 3 0 0.0 174 64 1
Overijssel (PV) 587 509 105 25 5 144 2 36 6 1 0.1 293 74 4
Flevoland (PV) 222 204 73 15 1 35 1 8 3 0 0.0 140 72 9
Gelderland (PV) 1,036 926 200 46 11 262 3 53 12 1 0.3 591 174 8
Utrecht (PV) 660 594 215 32 6 106 2 21 7 0 0.3 355 176 13
Noord-Holland (PV) 1,490 1,344 537 120 14 177 4 41 15 1 2.2 884 523 75
Zuid-Holland (PV) 1,745 1,601 753 136 7 206 4 27 17 1 0.8 1,053 659 70
Zeeland (PV) 275 253 59 10 3 48 1 14 3 0 0.1 129 59 1
Noord-Brabant (PV) 1,385 1,193 305 47 14 256 4 81 13 1 0.3 702 278 4
Limburg (PV) 604 545 125 26 2 119 2 52 6 1 0.3 303 112 1
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 13 10 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 7 4 0
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 26 25 6 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0.0 15 6 0
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 457 410 85 17 8 101 1 36 5 0 0.8 232 75 3
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 3,169 2,829 656 130 26 693 10 197 33 3 0.7 1,661 591 15
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2,299 2,061 616 113 15 422 7 102 25 2 2.5 1,218 534 25
100 000 inhabitants or more 3,117 2,769 1,276 241 25 353 7 57 28 1 2.0 1,905 1,188 148
Not urbanised 699 628 131 25 8 165 2 52 6 1 2.0 373 126 2
Hardly urbanised 2,097 1,867 380 79 18 511 6 150 21 2 0.9 1,121 351 7
Moderately urbanised 1,559 1,390 355 72 13 308 5 88 17 1 0.4 793 303 8
Strongly urbanised 2,683 2,414 780 143 29 451 8 84 30 1 0.7 1,443 659 48
Extremely urbanised 2,044 1,806 997 184 8 141 4 20 16 1 1.9 1,309 957 127
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 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 2025 data are provisional. The 2022, 2023 and 2024 data are revised provisional; all other data are final.

Changes as of 16 July 2026:
Provisional data for 2025 have been added. New revised provisional data for 2022, 2023 and 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
(New) revised provisional data for 2025 will be published in October 2026.

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
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
Household hazardous waste
Bulky garden waste
Waste electrical and electronic equipm.
Waste containing asbestos
Other waste categories
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.