Municipal waste; quantities
| Regional divisions | Periods | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Mixed household waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Mixed packaging (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Mixed recyclables (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 Mixed packaging (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Mixed recyclables (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Mixed household waste (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Mixed packaging (1 000 tonnes) | Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Mixed recyclables (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 (kg per capita) Household waste Mixed household waste (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Mixed packaging (kg per capita) | Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Mixed recyclables (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) | Processing Household waste Mixed household waste Recycling and reuse (%) | Processing Household waste Mixed household waste Composting (%) | Processing Household waste Mixed household waste Separation afterwards (%) | Processing Household waste Mixed household waste Incineration (%) | Processing Household waste Mixed household waste Landfilling (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nederland | 2022** | 2,662 | 380 | 0.9 | 2,442 | 314 | 0.8 | 220 | 66 | 0.1 | 2 | 5 | 151 | 22 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 58 | 0 |
| Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2022** | 280 | 27 | 0.0 | 277 | 26 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 26 | 0 |
| Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2022** | 371 | 125 | 0.0 | 311 | 107 | 0.0 | 61 | 18 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 34 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 77 | 0 |
| West-Nederland (LD) | 2022** | 1,589 | 128 | 0.1 | 1,465 | 99 | 0.0 | 124 | 29 | 0.1 | 1 | 5 | 189 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 54 | 0 |
| Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2022** | 422 | 100 | 0.8 | 389 | 81 | 0.8 | 32 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 27 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 79 | 0 |
| Groningen (PV) | 2022** | 98 | 7 | 0.0 | 97 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 31 | 0 |
| Fryslân (PV) | 2022** | 118 | 2 | 0.0 | 116 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3 | 0 |
| Drenthe (PV) | 2022** | 64 | 18 | 0.0 | 64 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 36 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 63 | 0 |
| Overijssel (PV) | 2022** | 112 | 45 | 0.0 | 74 | 35 | 0.0 | 38 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 38 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 94 | 0 |
| Flevoland (PV) | 2022** | 65 | 11 | 0.0 | 65 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 25 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 70 | 0 |
| Gelderland (PV) | 2022** | 193 | 69 | 0.0 | 171 | 62 | 0.0 | 22 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 33 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 70 | 0 |
| Utrecht (PV) | 2022** | 220 | 23 | 0.0 | 192 | 19 | 0.0 | 27 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 34 | 0 |
| Noord-Holland (PV) | 2022** | 543 | 50 | 0.1 | 541 | 43 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 188 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Zuid-Holland (PV) | 2022** | 760 | 48 | 0.0 | 668 | 33 | 0.0 | 92 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 59 | 0 |
| Zeeland (PV) | 2022** | 65 | 7 | 0.0 | 63 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 85 | 0 |
| Noord-Brabant (PV) | 2022** | 299 | 69 | 0.0 | 275 | 58 | 0.0 | 24 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 27 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 0 |
| Limburg (PV) | 2022** | 123 | 31 | 0.8 | 114 | 23 | 0.8 | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 28 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 30 | 0 |
| Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants | 2022** | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants | 2022** | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 25 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 69 | 0 |
| 10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants | 2022** | 97 | 27 | 0.3 | 85 | 25 | 0.2 | 12 | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 29 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 70 | 0 |
| 20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants | 2022** | 706 | 154 | 0.5 | 652 | 134 | 0.5 | 54 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 26 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 64 | 0 |
| 50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants | 2022** | 588 | 100 | 0.2 | 537 | 82 | 0.2 | 51 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 25 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 64 | 0 |
| 100 000 inhabitants or more | 2022** | 1,258 | 98 | 0.0 | 1,155 | 71 | 0.0 | 102 | 27 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 190 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 51 | 0 |
| Not urbanised | 2022** | 147 | 28 | 0.0 | 138 | 24 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 23 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 41 | 0 |
| Hardly urbanised | 2022** | 394 | 109 | 0.2 | 371 | 100 | 0.2 | 23 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 29 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 73 | 0 |
| Moderately urbanised | 2022** | 349 | 74 | 0.2 | 324 | 66 | 0.2 | 24 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 26 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 69 | 0 |
| Strongly urbanised | 2022** | 784 | 132 | 0.5 | 665 | 103 | 0.4 | 119 | 29 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 25 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 65 | 0 |
| Extremely urbanised | 2022** | 987 | 37 | 0.0 | 943 | 21 | 0.0 | 45 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 217 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 45 | 0 |
| 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
- Mixed household waste
- Mixed packaging
- A mix of plastic and metal packaging and cartons for beverages.
- Mixed recyclables
- Kerbside collection
- Household waste collected from kerbside.
- Mixed household waste
- Mixed packaging
- A mix of plastic and metal packaging and cartons for beverages.
- Mixed recyclables
- Bring/drop-off collection
- Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
- Mixed household waste
- Mixed packaging
- A mix of plastic and metal packaging and cartons for beverages.
- Mixed recyclables
- 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.- Mixed waste from festivities
- Mixed waste from festivities, fairs, concerts, etc.
- Mixed market waste
- Municipal waste (kg per capita)
- Household waste
- Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.- Mixed household waste
- Mixed packaging
- A mix of plastic and metal packaging and cartons for beverages.
- Mixed recyclables
- 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.- Mixed waste from festivities
- Mixed waste from festivities, fairs, concerts, etc.
- Mixed market waste
- Processing
- Processing refers to the first method applied. The final method may differ from the first method.
- Household waste
- houdens.
- Mixed household 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