Eastern
Cape

Free
State

Gauteng

Kwazulu-
Natal

Mpuma-
langa

Northern
Cape

Northern
Province

North
West

Western
Cape

South
Africa

Removed by local authority at least once a week

450,645

377,378

1,598,100

696,395

227,415

126,031

109,689

247,305

808,157

4,641,115

Removed by local authority less often

22,654

25,688

73,249

20,148

11,381

4,012

8,043

10,922

24,380

200,477

Communal refuse dump

23,020

26,745

64,448

47,852

19,847

9,669

29,353

28,991

37,274

287,199

Own refuse dump

525,339

153,419

142,313

672,398

282,228

36,254

646,995

371,378

75,263

2,905,586

No rubbish disposal

288,730

35,121

49,866

186,567

53,415

8,096

169,393

51,100

20,438

862,726

21,960

6,661

36,193

37,574

9,724

2,923

18,983

10,948

17,503

162,469

Total

1,332,348

625,011

1,964,168

1,660,934

604,010

186,984

982,457

720,643

983,015

9,059,571