A. Usual Manner of Kitchen Garbage Disposal

Garbage truck collection/pick-up is the most common method of kitchen garbage disposal

1. In the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), about 50.7 percent of the 26.4 million households had their kitchen garbage picked up by garbage trucks. On the other hand, 16.3 percent disposed their kitchen garbage by burning. Other usual manners of kitchen garbage disposal reported in 2020 were dumping in an individual pit (10.3%), feeding to animals (8.8%), composting (8.6%), burying (4.3%), and other manners of disposal such as being thrown in esteros, vacant lots, rivers, among others (1.0%). (Figure 1)
    
2. Majority of households in the National Capital Region (87.6%), Region IV-A - CALABARZON (68.8%), and Region III - Central Luzon (65.8%) disposed their kitchen garbage through garbage truck collection. (Table A)
    
3. On the other hand, burning was the dominant means of disposing kitchen garbage in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). It was the highest proportion reported by households at 44.8 percent. (Table A)

B. Kind of Toilet Facility

Nine in every ten households has improved sanitary toilet facility

4. Of the 26.37 million households, 91.7 percent had improved sanitary toilet facility, which included the following: flush to the piped sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine; ventilated improved latrine; pit latrine with slab; and composting toilet. (Figure 2)
    

5. On the other hand, 5.0 percent of the households used unimproved sanitary toilet facility. Considered as unimproved sanitary facility are flush to open drain or unknown depository/place; pit latrine without slab/open pit; bucket/pail system; hanging toilet/hanging latrine; and other types. The remaining 3.3 percent of the total households reported open defecation with no toilet facility. (Figure 2)

Region III posts the highest proportion of households with improved sanitary toilet facility

6. Region III had the highest proportion of households with improved sanitary toilet facility at 95.8 percent. This was followed by Region I - Ilocos Region (95.7%), Region IV-A (95.6%), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (95.0%), and Region II - Cagayan Valley (94.7%). (Table B)
    

7. Meanwhile, BARMM had the lowest proportion of households with improved sanitary toilet facility at 60.9 percent. (Table B)

C. Fuel for Lighting and Cooking

Nine in every ten households uses electricity for lighting

8. Of the 26.37 million households, 92.2 percent or 24,319,662 households used electricity for lighting. Moreover, kerosene was used for lighting by 3.3 percent of households, while 2.9 percent of households used solar panels/solar lamps. The remaining 1.1 percent of the households used liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), oil, and other lighting fuel types. (Figure 3)

9. Among the regions, Region I had the highest proportion of households that used electricity for lighting, with 97.3 percent. This was followed by Region III with 96.9 percent and Region IV-A with 96.7 percent. Six other regions posted a proportion higher than the national level of 92.2 percent. (Table C)
    

10. BARMM had the lowest proportion of households that used electricity for lighting with only 63.9 percent of the households. (Table C)

Liquefied petroleum gas is popularly used for cooking

11. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was the most used fuel for cooking by households (47.9%). Wood was the second most commonly used fuel for cooking, with 32.2 percent of the total households. Other types of fuel used often by the rest of the households were charcoal (7.2%), electricity (6.8%), kerosene (5.2%), and other fuels (0.3%). (Figure 4)

D. Source of Water Supply for Drinking and Cooking

Water from refilling stations is the main source of drinking water for households

12. In 2020, the main source of water for drinking was water refilling stations, as reported by 46.2 percent of the total households. It was followed by community water system with 31.6 percent, broken down into: (i) households using their own faucet connected to a community water system (22.0%); and (ii) households using a shared faucet which is connected to a community water system (9.6%). (Figure 5)
     

13. The rest of the households reported their main source of water for drinking as follows: shared, tubed/piped deep well (5.4%); own use, tubed/piped deep well (4.0%); protected spring (3.4%); protected well (3.1%); tubed/piped shallow well (1.4%); unprotected spring (1.1%); unprotected well (1.0%); bottled water (0.9%); peddler (0.8%); surface water (0.6%); rainwater (0.3%); and others (0.2%). (Figure 5)

Half of the households uses community water systems with own faucets as main source of water for cooking

14. Water from the community water system connected to the household’s own faucets was used by 50.2 percent of the total households for cooking. On the other hand, 13.7 percent used water from shared faucets connected to a community water system. Other households obtained their water for cooking from shared, tubed/piped deep wells (7.5%), water refilling stations (7.1%), own use tubed/piped deep wells (6.6%), protected wells (4.3%), protected springs (3.5%), tubed/piped shallow wells (2.0%), unprotected wells (1.3%), unprotected springs (1.2%), peddlers (1.0%), surface water (0.7%), rainwater (0.4%), bottled water (0.2%), and other sources (0.2%). (Figure 6)

The statistics presented in this special release were based on the information provided by the respondent or any responsible household member who may provide accurate answers to the questions and give correct information about the household. Moreover, the households described in this release, which total to 26,374,653 households, exclude those enumerated in relocation areas, those enumerated as homeless, and those living in other types of buildings such as buses/trailers, boats, tents, and others.

The following data items were collected by the enumerator from a sample of 20 percent of the total households in the enumeration area/s using CPH Form 3 (Sample Household Questionnaire) or CPH Form 7B (Self-Administered Questionnaire for Sample Household):

1. Usual manner of kitchen garbage disposal (“How does this household usually dispose of your kitchen garbage such as leftover food, peeling of fruits and vegetables, fish and chicken entrails, and others?”)

2. Kind of toilet facility (“What type of toilet facility does this household use?”)

3. Fuel for lighting (“What type of fuel does this household use for lighting?”)

4. Fuel for cooking (“What kind of fuel does this household use most of the time for cooking?”)

5. Source of water supply for drinking (“What is this household’s main source of water supply for drinking?”) and in water supply for cooking (“What is this household’s main source of water supply for cooking?”)