PM2.5 and Waste Site Data for Indonesia, 2012-2019

Monthly fine particulate matter concentrations at large open dump sites in Indonesia from 2012 to 2019. The dataset includes static covariates like dump site area and population proximity, and time-varying covariates like fire counts and weather variables. It was created by Ellen Considine to support a quasi-experimental analysis of plastic waste export and burning effects.

Use Cases

• Modeling the causal effect of China's 2018 plastic waste import ban on local PM2.5 levels based on the 'treated' site designation.
• Analyzing the relationship between fire events at dump sites and air quality based on monthly fire detection data.
• Assessing the role of port proximity as an indicator of imported plastic waste exposure on pollution outcomes.
• Studying how local weather conditions like wind speed and precipitation correlate with particulate matter concentrations.

Strengths

• Covers an 8-year time range from 2012 to 2019 inclusive.
• Integrates multiple data types: satellite-derived PM2.5, fire detections, weather variables, and demographic covariates.
• Designed for causal inference with a defined treatment event (China's 2018 import ban).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic coverage is limited to dump sites in Indonesia.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, author Ellen Considine.

Collection Method

Processed from original open-access sources, including remotely sensed data.

Time Range

2012 to 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 03:09:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Indonesia, specifically locations of large open dump sites.