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 9,212 8,185 2,660 493 67 1,646 24 426 91 7 1.6 5,158 2,443 186
Noord-Nederland (LD) 1,105 955 273 45 12 235 3 70 9 2 0.1 607 270 8
Oost-Nederland (LD) 1,873 1,657 372 83 16 461 5 104 20 1 0.1 1,051 320 20
West-Nederland (LD) 4,218 3,817 1,589 294 24 555 10 109 43 2 1.1 2,467 1,458 155
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2,016 1,756 425 70 14 395 5 143 18 2 0.3 1,033 394 4
Groningen (PV) 338 279 95 17 2 58 1 13 3 0 0.0 185 94 2
Fryslân (PV) 439 394 113 17 6 91 1 31 4 1 0.1 242 112 5
Drenthe (PV) 328 282 65 11 4 85 1 26 3 0 0.0 181 65 1
Overijssel (PV) 589 511 105 24 5 151 2 38 6 1 0.0 301 75 3
Flevoland (PV) 227 204 67 14 2 35 1 9 3 0 0.0 138 66 8
Gelderland (PV) 1,057 942 200 45 10 275 3 58 12 1 0.1 613 179 8
Utrecht (PV) 671 603 216 33 7 110 2 23 7 0 0.0 373 188 13
Noord-Holland (PV) 1,478 1,323 529 117 11 182 4 41 15 1 0.2 881 521 73
Zuid-Holland (PV) 1,790 1,631 782 135 6 213 4 29 17 1 0.6 1,081 687 69
Zeeland (PV) 280 259 62 9 1 50 1 17 3 0 0.3 134 62 0
Noord-Brabant (PV) 1,406 1,202 300 45 10 269 4 87 13 2 0.2 721 281 3
Limburg (PV) 610 554 126 25 4 126 1 56 5 1 0.2 311 114 1
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 14 11 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.1 7 4 0
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 33 31 7 1 0 7 0 3 0 0 0.0 19 7 0
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 440 396 83 17 7 100 1 37 4 0 0.0 227 73 3
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 3,265 2,911 673 133 22 738 9 213 33 3 0.7 1,736 612 14
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2,308 2,060 615 103 14 431 7 112 24 2 0.3 1,241 548 24
100 000 inhabitants or more 3,152 2,777 1,278 238 23 370 7 60 29 1 0.6 1,928 1,198 145
Not urbanised 766 689 144 27 12 184 2 63 7 1 0.2 410 139 3
Hardly urbanised 2,109 1,875 383 78 11 529 6 159 20 2 0.5 1,145 357 6
Moderately urbanised 1,564 1,392 357 67 11 318 5 92 17 1 0.1 816 318 7
Strongly urbanised 2,690 2,399 757 141 26 467 8 91 30 1 0.3 1,453 650 48
Extremely urbanised 2,084 1,830 1,020 179 7 149 4 21 17 1 0.5 1,333 979 123
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 28 October 2025:
Revised provisional data for 2024 have been added. New revised provisional data for 2021, 2022 and 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Final data for 2021 and new revised provisional data for 2022, 2023 and 2024 will be published in December 2025.

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.