Waste and recycling

  • Household rubbish

    How to put out your household waste, household waste calendar, underground rubbish containers.

  • Household waste calendar

    Would you like to know when household waste will be collected? Look at the online household waste calendar. Fill in your postal code and house number. You will see right away when rubbish will be collected in your street.

  • Apply for an Afvalpas

    Would you like to dispose of oversized waste or garden waste at a garbage and recycling station? Apply for a free Afvalpas.

  • Separating waste

    Separating organic waste, glass, paper, plastic, textiles, domestic chemical waste, electric appliances, frying oil, bread.

  • Disposing of oversized waste and garden waste

    You can take oversized waste or garden waste to a garbage and recycling station using your Afvalpas. You can dispose of most kinds of waste for free. Look at what qualifies as oversized waste.

  • Collection of oversized waste and garden waste

    Are you unable to bring your oversized waste or large garden waste to a garbage and recycling station yourself? Make an appointment with the municipality to have it collected.

  • Report a derelict bicycle

    You can report a broken or derelict bicycle left in a public area to the Municipality of The Hague. The municipality will ensure that it is removed.

  • Company waste

    Companies are obliged to sign a contract with an official waste collection service. Different rules apply to company waste than to household waste.