Municipal · Pickup · Free
Grof afval laten ophalen: vaste dag (Gemeente Amsterdam)
Kerbside collection on a fixed weekly day, with nothing to book. This is the system about four in five Amsterdam addresses are on, and your own day comes from the Afvalwijzer rather than from a phone call.
Right for you if
- Furniture, a mattress or a large appliance, on a street with a fixed day.
- It has to cost nothing.
- You cannot move it yourself. They come and collect.
Look elsewhere if
- It is one small thing you could drop off yourself.
- It is business waste.
- It is more than a household quantity.
- It is construction or demolition waste.
- It is paint, solvent, gas bottles or anything else hazardous.
Contact and booking
- Phone
- 14 020
- Not published
- Book online
- Not published
- Address
- Not published
- Opening hours
- Not published
- Website
- Official website
Verification
Verified against an official source
Last checked 20 August 2026
That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →
Sources
- Gemeente Amsterdam, Grofvuil: rules, timing and what is refused
- Gemeente Amsterdam open data, Afvalwijzer: the per-address route type
- Gemeente Amsterdam, complete 2026 tariff schedule, which contains no grofvuil charge
Part of How to get rid of stuff in Amsterdam.
Why use it
Nothing to arrange: you find your street's day and put the material out. Out from 21:00 the evening before, and outside by 07:00 on the day, because too early is an explicit trigger for the fine rather than a harmless head start. Two cubic metres per occasion. It refuses more than people expect, and the list matters: small electricals, iron, cardboard, rubble, chemical waste, flat glass and mirrors, garden tiles, tyres, car parts and soil all go to a Recyclepunt instead. Check the Afvalwijzer even if you are sure, because the neighbouring district may be on the booked system.
Good for
- furniture
- mattresses
- appliances
- garden waste
- other items
How it works
| How you use it | They come and collect it. |
|---|---|
| Cost | No charge is published for household collection: not on the city's grofvuil page, not in the booking form, not in the Uitvoeringsbesluit Afvalstoffenverordening, and not in the complete 2026 tariff schedule, which is where a charge would have to appear to be levied. We report that absence rather than calling it free, which is a word the city attaches only to the Recyclepunt. The annual afvalstoffenheffing is 352 euros for one person and 469 for a household. |
| Booking | No appointment needed. |
| Service area | Not published |
| Run by | Gemeente Amsterdam, a municipal service |
Where your things go
A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.
Not documented yet. This operator has not published what happens to each kind of item, and we have not been able to establish it from anywhere else. That is the gap, stated rather than hidden. If you ask them, tell us what they say.
Does it actually work
The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.
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Booking
Their pages
No appointment needed.
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Typical wait
Needs reports
Not established
Nobody has told us how long they waited. Two reader reports would settle it.
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Do they answer
Needs reports
Not established
We read their pages, we did not phone them. One reader who got through would settle it.
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Restrictions
Their pages
Households only · Not for business waste · Household quantities only · No construction waste · No hazardous waste
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Who it's for
Their pages
Residents of the area it covers, households, not businesses.
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Last checked
Pipeline
20 August 2026
Checked against their published pages.
What happens to it
- Collected by the council
- Disposed of
This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.
What readers told us
Used them recently?
How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.
Alternatives in Amsterdam
Other places that will take things off your hands.
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Reuse
Recyclepunt voor bewoners (Gemeente Amsterdam)
Gemeente Amsterdam · Citywide
- Takes
- furniture, mattresses, appliances, electronics, and 13 more
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De Lokatie: kringloopbedrijf en gratis ophaalservice
Stichting Kringloopbedrijf De Lokatie
- Takes
- furniture, clothes, textiles, other items
- Where
- Distelweg 85
- Booking
- By phone
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Rataplan kringloopwinkel Amsterdam
Rataplan
- Takes
- furniture, clothes, textiles, books, and 2 more
- Where
- Generatorstraat 10
- Booking
- By phone
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