[2] In 1998, the Capas local government passed a resolution 100 hectares (250 acres) in Kalangitan as a site for a future waste dumping site as part of the Clark Integrated Waste Management Project, a joint venture between the Clark Development Corporation and a German consortium consisting of Ingenieurbüro Birkhahn and Heers & Brocksted.
The Aeta community, who were resettled in the area from Porac, Pampanga after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, opposed the project.
The Capas, Tarlac Kalangitan Sanitary Landfill's operators Metro Clark Waste Management Corp.-Bases Conversion and Development Authority announced its closure by October 5, 2024.
[10] The Court of Appeals, however, issued a 60-day restraining order against the Capas RTC injunction blocking the landfill forcible takeover by the CDC and BCDA.
[2] The landfill is located in Sitio Kalangitan in Capas, Tarlac within the Subzone D of the Clark Special Economic Zone.