Municipal waste; quantities

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Regional divisions Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Paper and cardboard (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Paper and cardboard (kg per capita)
Nederland 712 511 201 40
Noord-Nederland (LD) 82 65 17 46
Oost-Nederland (LD) 171 126 45 45
West-Nederland (LD) 294 182 111 34
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 165 138 27 44
Groningen (PV) 27 20 7 45
Fryslân (PV) 30 26 4 46
Drenthe (PV) 25 19 6 49
Overijssel (PV) 56 32 24 47
Flevoland (PV) 17 15 3 38
Gelderland (PV) 98 80 18 46
Utrecht (PV) 54 38 16 38
Noord-Holland (PV) 102 54 48 34
Zuid-Holland (PV) 118 75 43 31
Zeeland (PV) 21 15 5 53
Noord-Brabant (PV) 113 97 16 43
Limburg (PV) 52 40 11 46
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 1 1 0 92
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 3 2 1 46
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 39 29 10 48
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 278 217 61 47
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 184 139 44 42
100 000 inhabitants or more 208 123 85 30
Not urbanised 66 53 13 54
Hardly urbanised 183 148 35 49
Moderately urbanised 130 97 33 45
Strongly urbanised 211 158 53 39
Extremely urbanised 122 55 67 26
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 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.

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Municipal waste (1000 tonnes)
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices, shops, etc.
Total
Paper and cardboard
Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
Kerbside collection
Household waste collected from kerbside.
Paper and cardboard
Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
Bring/drop-off collection
Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
Paper and cardboard
Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.
Municipal waste (kg per capita)
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.
Paper and cardboard
Including paper and cardboard collected by clubs, schools and charities.