Newport landfill site in £620m Bitcoin saga set to close – BBC News

A council spokesman said: “The landfill has been in exploitation since the early 2000s and is coming to the end of its life, therefore the council is working on a planned closure and capping of the site over the next two years.” … The council has secured planning permission for a solar farm on part of the land. That was approved last August and is expected to power new bin lorries.