Municipal waste; quantities

Municipal waste; quantities

Regional divisions Periods 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 2022** 759 549 210 43
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022** 88 70 18 50
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022** 182 135 47 49
West-Nederland (LD) 2022** 309 193 115 37
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022** 181 150 30 49
Groningen (PV) 2022** 28 21 7 48
Fryslân (PV) 2022** 34 30 4 51
Drenthe (PV) 2022** 26 19 7 52
Overijssel (PV) 2022** 58 34 24 50
Flevoland (PV) 2022** 18 16 2 42
Gelderland (PV) 2022** 105 85 20 50
Utrecht (PV) 2022** 57 42 15 42
Noord-Holland (PV) 2022** 107 55 51 37
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2022** 125 81 45 33
Zeeland (PV) 2022** 20 16 4 52
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2022** 124 106 17 48
Limburg (PV) 2022** 57 44 13 51
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 2022** 1 1 0 98
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 2022** 3 2 0 44
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 2022** 50 38 12 54
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 2022** 302 235 67 51
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2022** 183 139 44 46
100 000 inhabitants or more 2022** 220 134 86 33
Not urbanised 2022** 68 56 12 56
Hardly urbanised 2022** 200 158 41 53
Moderately urbanised 2022** 140 106 35 50
Strongly urbanised 2022** 224 172 52 43
Extremely urbanised 2022** 127 57 70 28
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 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.
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.