Municipal waste; quantities

Municipal waste; quantities

Regional divisions Periods Municipal waste (1000 tonnes) Cleansing services and other waste Construction and demolition waste (1 000 tonnes) Municipal waste (kg per capita) Cleansing services and other waste Construction and demolition waste (kg per capita)
Nederland 2022** 4 0
Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022** 3 2
Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022** 0 0
West-Nederland (LD) 2022** 1 0
Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022** 0 0
Groningen (PV) 2022** 3 5
Fryslân (PV) 2022** 0 0
Drenthe (PV) 2022** 0 0
Overijssel (PV) 2022** 0 0
Flevoland (PV) 2022** 0 0
Gelderland (PV) 2022** 0 0
Utrecht (PV) 2022** 0 0
Noord-Holland (PV) 2022** 0 0
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2022** 0 0
Zeeland (PV) 2022** 0 0
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2022** 0 0
Limburg (PV) 2022** 0 0
Fewer than 5 000 inhabitants 2022** 0 0
5 000 to 9 999 inhabitants 2022** 0 0
10 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 2022** 0 0
20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 2022** 0 0
50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 2022** 1 0
100 000 inhabitants or more 2022** 3 0
Not urbanised 2022** 0 0
Hardly urbanised 2022** 1 0
Moderately urbanised 2022** 0 0
Strongly urbanised 2022** 0 0
Extremely urbanised 2022** 3 1
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)
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.
Construction and demolition waste
Construction and demolition waste from the private sector.
Municipal waste (kg per capita)
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.
Construction and demolition waste
Construction and demolition waste from the private sector.