Municipal waste; quantities

Municipal waste; quantities

Regional divisions Periods 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 Plastic packaging (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 Plastics (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)
Nederland 2022** 9,064 8,073 2,662 475 76 1,556 5 21 394 83 28 8 0.4 5,102
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022** 1,095 941 280 42 12 224 0 2 65 8 4 2 0.0 614
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022** 1,814 1,627 371 77 14 435 0 5 99 18 5 2 0.0 1,025
West-Nederland (LD) 2022** 4,185 3,794 1,589 287 38 531 3 9 102 39 12 2 0.4 2,457
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022** 1,970 1,711 422 69 13 366 2 5 128 17 7 2 0.0 1,005
Groningen (PV) 2022** 361 288 98 16 2 58 0 1 16 2 1 1 0.0 190
Fryslân (PV) 2022** 418 381 118 16 5 85 0 1 27 4 2 1 0.0 240
Drenthe (PV) 2022** 316 273 64 10 4 81 0 1 22 2 1 1 0.0 184
Overijssel (PV) 2022** 563 498 112 21 4 140 0 1 36 5 1 1 0.0 289
Flevoland (PV) 2022** 226 207 65 14 1 31 0 1 10 2 1 0 0.0 136
Gelderland (PV) 2022** 1,025 923 193 42 9 264 0 3 53 11 3 1 0.0 600
Utrecht (PV) 2022** 671 606 220 31 7 107 0 2 21 7 2 0 0.0 374
Noord-Holland (PV) 2022** 1,468 1,317 543 115 16 173 0 3 34 13 4 1 0.0 893
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2022** 1,775 1,621 760 134 7 203 3 4 32 17 5 1 0.4 1,056
Zeeland (PV) 2022** 271 249 65 7 9 48 0 1 14 3 1 0 0.0 134
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2022** 1,403 1,190 299 46 9 254 1 3 85 13 5 2 0.0 706
Limburg (PV) 2022** 567 521 123 23 3 112 1 1 43 5 2 1 0.0 299
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 2022** 14 12 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 9
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 2022** 29 26 7 1 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 16
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 2022** 503 455 97 20 8 113 0 1 35 5 2 1 0.0 266
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 2022** 3,286 2,948 706 139 28 709 2 8 204 31 11 4 0.0 1,774
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2022** 2,158 1,906 588 97 13 381 0 5 93 21 8 2 0.0 1,172
100 000 inhabitants or more 2022** 3,074 2,727 1,258 218 26 346 3 6 59 26 7 1 0.4 1,864
Not urbanised 2022** 767 673 147 26 15 176 0 2 53 6 3 1 0.0 407
Hardly urbanised 2022** 2,071 1,859 394 76 12 506 1 5 153 18 7 3 0.0 1,154
Moderately urbanised 2022** 1,522 1,359 349 62 12 300 4 4 85 15 6 1 0.0 814
Strongly urbanised 2022** 2,673 2,400 784 151 24 435 0 7 84 28 9 2 0.0 1,446
Extremely urbanised 2022** 2,030 1,783 987 160 13 139 0 3 18 15 4 1 0.4 1,281
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)
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
Plastic packaging
Plastic packaging like bottles, foil and trays.
Data over the years up to 2007 include other rigid (non-packaging) plastics.
The volume of plastic packaging waste only refers to materials collected separately. Some municipalities, mainly in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland, have opted for separation of plastics from household waste after collection. The volume of this waste (sorted afterwards) is not included in the figures.
Household hazardous waste
Bulky garden waste
Waste electrical and electronic equipm.
Plastics
Like plastic garden furniture and plastic toys.
Waste containing asbestos
Other waste categories
Kerbside collection
Household waste collected from kerbside.
Total household waste