EICV5

Main mode of rubbish disposal (waste management)

Total

Total number of households (000 s)

Publicly managed refuse area

Rubbish collection service

Thrown in the HH’s fields/bushes

Dumped in river/lakes/ ditches

Burnt

Compost heap on own property

Other ways of rubbish disposal used

All Rwanda

2.0

8.3

46.5

0.2

0.1

42.5

0.4

100

2708

Urban/rural

Urban

4.2

42.1

30.8

0.4

0.3

21.5

0.7

100

524

Rural

1.5

0.2

50.2

0.1

0.1

47.6

0.3

100

2184

Province

Kigali City

2.6

48.9

33.5

0.7

0.3

13.6

0.3

100

410

Southern

2.5

0.7

58.8

0.1

0.1

37.6

0.3

100

626

Western

2.2

1.6

48.5

0.1

0.0

47.1

0.5

100

574

Northern

1.6

1.1

50.5

0.0

0.0

46.2

0.5

100

422

Eastern

1.3

1.0

38.7

0.1

0.1

58.5

0.2

100

677

Sex of head of household

Male

2.1

8.7

44.6

0.2

0.1

44.0

0.3

100

2031

Female

1.7

7.3

52.0

0.1

0.0

38.3

0.5

100

677