Municipal waste; quantities

Municipal waste; quantities

Regional divisions Periods Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Total Organic, kitchen and garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Kerbside collection Organic, kitchen and garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Household waste Bring/drop-off collection Organic, kitchen and garden waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Organic waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Household waste Organic, kitchen and garden waste (kg per capita) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Organic waste (kg per capita)
Nederland 2022** 1,556 1,550 7 568 89 32
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022** 224 224 0 91 129 52
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022** 435 435 1 117 117 31
West-Nederland (LD) 2022** 531 526 5 189 63 23
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022** 366 365 1 171 99 46
Groningen (PV) 2022** 58 58 0 41 99 70
Fryslân (PV) 2022** 85 84 0 19 130 30
Drenthe (PV) 2022** 81 81 0 30 163 60
Overijssel (PV) 2022** 140 139 1 41 119 35
Flevoland (PV) 2022** 31 31 0 13 72 31
Gelderland (PV) 2022** 264 264 0 62 125 29
Utrecht (PV) 2022** 107 106 1 30 78 22
Noord-Holland (PV) 2022** 173 173 1 72 60 25
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2022** 203 200 3 75 54 20
Zeeland (PV) 2022** 48 47 0 12 123 31
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2022** 254 254 0 146 98 56
Limburg (PV) 2022** 112 111 1 25 100 22
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 2022** 1 1 0 1 90 81
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 2022** 6 6 0 2 111 33
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 2022** 113 113 0 31 122 34
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 2022** 709 707 2 224 119 38
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2022** 381 377 4 167 96 42
100 000 inhabitants or more 2022** 346 345 1 143 52 22
Not urbanised 2022** 176 176 0 65 145 54
Hardly urbanised 2022** 506 505 0 141 135 38
Moderately urbanised 2022** 300 299 1 110 106 39
Strongly urbanised 2022** 435 431 3 164 83 31
Extremely urbanised 2022** 139 137 2 88 31 19
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
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
Kerbside collection
Household waste collected from kerbside.
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
Bring/drop-off collection
Collection via recycling centres or recycling banks at bring sites.
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
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.
Organic waste
Vegetable waste from public gardens, nature reserves, etc.
Municipal waste (kg per capita)
Household waste
Household waste. A small part comes from the private sector, offices,
shops, etc.
Organic, kitchen and garden waste
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.
Organic waste
Vegetable waste from public gardens, nature reserves, etc.