Type  of  facility   No  toilet  facility  (bush/beach)   Other   Total   Source:  GSS,  GLSS5  Draft  Report,  2007   Urban   5.3   0.0   100.0   Rural   19.4   0.1   100.0     6.24.1  Solid  Waste  Collection  and  Disposal    A   large   proportion   of   households   rely   on   communal   or   public   dumps   which   are   not   emptied   regularly   in   many   instances.   By   2006,   public   dump   continued   to   be   the   major   method   of   refuse   disposal,   which   constituted   57.6%   (Table   6.4).     House-­‐to-­‐house   refuse   collection   represented   only   4.8%   and   those   burned,   buried   or   dumped   elsewhere   constituted   7.9%,   3.9%   and   25%   respectively.     Table  6.4:  Coverage  of  Refuse  Collection  and  Disposal  by  Method  ( National  and  Regional  average)   Region     National   Western   Central   Greater  Accra   Volta   Eastern   Ashanti   Brong  Ahafo   Northern   Upper  East   Upper  West   Collected   4.8   2.2   0.8   19.5   2.4   2.2   1.3   0.9   2.1   3.3   2.3   Burned   7.9   4.6   6.4   12.2   12.9   10.1   3.3   3.4   9.4   16.4   4.6   Public   dump   57.6   59.6   69.3   51.4   46.5   56.5   78.9   70.3   30.4   13.3   21.1   Dump   Buried   elsewhere   25.0   3.9   28.6   34.6   19.9   2.6   11.5   4.6   31.6   5.8   25.2   5.2   13.4   2.6   22.6   2.4   55.3   2.5   55.2   5.7   65.6   6.0   Other   0.9   4.0   0.9   0.7   0.8   0.9   0.4   0.4   0.3   6.2   0.3          Source  :  Facts  Sheet  No.  IV,  National  Population  Council,  2006  in  Annual  Report  (GPRS  II)       Respondents  (47.7  percent)  indicated  an  improvement  in  the  quality  of  water  and  sanitation   services  (Figure  44).       148