Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill is developed on a 700-acre footprint, with an additional 1,000 acres of buffer zone comprising undeveloped land surrounding the landfill footprint. It is set amidst an oil palm plantation in a sparsely populated area in Hulu Selangor district.

With 120 million metric tonnes of air space capacity, BTSL is capable of providing over 40 years solution to solid waste management in the Central region of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill is designed to handle municipal solid waste and other non-toxic waste.