MANILA, Philippines — There are still four percent of households in the country without any toilets while another six percent have to share toilets with other households, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
According to SWS’ report released on Monday — in commemoration of the recently concluded World Toilet Day — 90 percent of Philippine households have their own toilet systems, comprising of 88 percent with own toilets and two percent with both own and shared toilets.
Of the households with either common or private toilets, the majority or 82 percent still use pour-flush systems where users would have to flush the human waste by pouring water into the toi…
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