Jay County Landfill
6.6
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 56 days of its pollution.
From 0.5 air pollution, 6.1 climate change.
$7.8Min damage a yearplus $2.7M–$8.1M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
1.8new asthma cases a year
27,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 6,300 cars
$0in fines over 5 years
Estimates for one year of pollution (2023), in 2024 dollars: model estimates from EPA data and published methods, not counted deaths. Deaths could be 0.2 to 19. How we estimate