Arrange collection of bulky waste and garden waste
Do you have bulky waste or garden waste? And are you unable to bring it to a waste depot? The municipality can collect it for free.
Have bulky waste collected during the holidays
Do you have bulky waste? The municipality will not collect bulky waste from Wednesday, 24 December 2025 until Sunday, 4 January 2026. You can then Begin link: take your rubbish, end link. to a waste depot. From Monday, 5 January 2026 you can make an appointment again to have your bulky waste or garden waste collected.
Reusable goods can be taken to a Begin external link: charity shop(External link), end external link. (kringloopwinkel) or a Begin external link: repair café(External link), end external link.. Many charity shops in The Hague also offer a free collection service.
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Your waste does not fit in a container, mini container (kliko) or garbage bag.
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You are unable to bring it to a waste depot.
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You are not offering waste on behalf of your company. Please see the page Begin link: company waste, end link. .
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Your waste is not Begin link: construction or demolition waste, end link. .
Check the type of waste
Make an appointment
Put out your waste
What type of waste
The municipality will collect
- mattresses
- furniture (cupboards, sofa, chair)
- metal items (drying rack, bicycle)
- household appliances (washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, freezers)
- electric appliances (CD-player, TV, speakers)
- stroller
- (plastic) toys
- large garden waste (branches, wood, tree trunk)
The municipality will not collect
- (railway) sleepers
- gas canisters and fire extinguishers
- turf
- soil and sand
- Begin link: domestic chemical waste, end link.
- Begin link: construction and demolition waste, end link. (rubble, plasterwood, old sanitary equipment, asbestos, etc.)
Bring this type of waste to a Begin link: waste depot, end link. yourself.
Are you unsure?
Do you have any other type of waste? And are you unsure if the municipality will collect it?
Arrange collection of bulky waste and garden waste
Make sure that your waste can be taken away safely:
- put your bulky waste or garden waste outside by 7.45 hrs. Or on the evening before the collection day as of 22.00 hrs.
- do not place your bulky waste or garden waste by any (underground) rubbish containers. The containers will then not be able to be emptied.
- bulky waste can not be longer than 1.5 metres. And not wider or higher than 0.5 metres.
- put the same types of waste together. For example, all types of metal waste together.
Free.
Yes, on the evening before the collection day as of 23.59 hrs.
- via the link in your confirmation email
- or phone 14070 from Monday until Friday between 8.30 and 17.00 hrs.
Did you make an appointment and was your bulky waste or garden waste not yet collected by 17.00 hrs.? Report this to the municipality:
- via the page Begin link: Report rubbish on the street, end link.
- or phone 14070 from Monday until Friday between 8.30 and 17.00 hrs.
Report this to the municipality using the page Begin link: Report rubbish on the street, end link. .