DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 1 -- The sanitary landfill in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental now caters to at least 10 local government units (LGUs) and other private companies for residual waste disposal.

The sanitary landfill, dubbed as Bayawan City Waste Management and Ecology Center, was feted as a best practice in previous years and has become a tourist draw with LGUs from outside Negros Oriental coming over for a visit to study the facility, city tourism officer, Dona Maturan, said on Wednesday.

Starting in 2021, LGUs and private companies have begun dumping their residual garbage at the Bayawan sanitary landfill for a fee, Maturan said.

The clients are the LGUs of Basay, Sta. Catalina, Zamboanguita, Dauin, Bacong, Dumaguete, Sibulan, San Jo...