Table 29. Households by Usual Manner of Garbage Disposal and Region: 1990 (Figures are estimates based on a 10% sample) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | U S U A L M A N N E R O F G A R B A G E D I S P O S A L | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region | Total | Picked up | Dumping in | | Composting | | Feeding | | Households | by Garbage | Individual | Burning |(Later Used | Burying | to | Others | | Truck | Pit | | as | | Animals | | | |(Not Burned)| | Fertilizer)| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILIPPINES 11,407,262 1,799,736 1,533,072 6,228,348 384,146 409,458 789,324 263,178 URBAN 5,582,480 1,738,298 690,171 2,496,012 117,285 154,282 226,061 160,371 RURAL 5,824,782 61,438 842,901 3,732,336 266,861 255,176 563,263 102,807 NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION 1,569,588 1,101,723 106,895 294,895 7,584 11,844 15,881 30,766 CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION 219,349 27,268 49,833 92,607 10,953 4,597 29,753 4,338 REGION I - ILOCOS REGION 659,403 27,137 75,541 475,758 30,726 22,463 25,245 2,533 REGION II - CAGAYAN VALLEY 446,839 15,868 52,454 297,341 19,302 12,734 46,079 3,061 REGION III - CENTRAL LUZON 1,163,205 134,202 118,288 802,508 21,065 41,644 22,401 23,097 REGION IV - SOUTHERN TAGALOG 1,583,682 187,419 126,074 1,041,655 26,299 56,105 113,379 32,751 REGION V - BICOL REGION 708,802 21,056 89,551 432,234 20,678 48,069 83,412 13,802 REGION VI - WESTERN VISAYAS 985,274 50,037 117,280 605,685 41,441 52,396 97,285 21,150 REGION VII - CENTRAL VISAYAS 873,843 78,020 130,578 511,528 60,461 21,216 56,049 15,991 REGION VIII - EASTERN VISAYAS 584,964 13,728 141,187 187,463 19,334 25,819 171,063 26,370 REGION IX - WESTERN MINDANAO 577,837 24,649 111,280 328,010 22,428 22,989 36,307 32,174 REGION X - NORTHERN MINDANAO 639,108 37,147 133,300 360,356 34,180 22,497 33,931 17,697 REGION XI - SOUTHERN MINDANAO 823,316 56,864 176,372 455,717 40,885 35,375 34,893 23,210 REGION XII - CENTRAL MINDANAO 572,052 24,618 104,439 342,591 28,810 31,710 23,646 16,238 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing - Housing Tables Household Statistics Department NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE Republic of the Philippines