Toxic Tours – A virtual tour of the global contribution to environmental toxicity

From production to disposal, plastic pollutes along its entire life cycle.

Join the communities on the frontlines from petrochemical build outs upstream to landfills and incinerators downstream. See firsthand how plastic devastates natural ecosystems, and destroys people’s health, livelihoods, and peace of mind.

We need to STOP plastic production at the source and STOP all extractive activities.

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Upstream Video Stories

Stories on how points of extraction, production plants, refineries and more impact the communities around them .

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India, Mundra

A new coal-to-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant is slated to be built in an industrial zone where the heavy use of coal has already greatly damaged…
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Canada, Chemical Valley, Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Ontario

The Aamjiwnaang First Nation is surrounded by refineries, negatively impacting the environment and the community.
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Canada, Alberta Oil Sands

Local communities have seen the production of oil increase dramatically in the Oil Sands, one of the largest sources of unconventional oil in the world.
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United States, Pennsylvania

Extractive industries, from coal to a petrochemical buildout, have created a captive workforce and impacted the lives of communities throughout the region.
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Dilles Bottom, Ohio

Uncertainty around the construction of an ethane cracker, leaves residents in the dark about future build outs in the area.
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United States, Louisiana

An 85-mile corridor along the Mississippi River has the country’s highest concentration of petrochemical plants and refineries, the country’s worst particulate pollution, and the country’s…
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United States, Texas Port Arthur

With the largest refinery in the country, industry dominates the cityscape and covers the entire area with toxic air, also polluting waterways.
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United States, Texas Corpus Christi

Water is allocated to the growing petrochemical industry instead of to the community.
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United States, California

On the ancestral lands of the Gabrielino/Tongva, Tataviam, Kizh, and Chumash people, local communities in Wilmington, Carson, and West Long Beach, breathe toxic emissions from…
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South Africa, Durban

Communities living between two petrochemical plants suffer from medical conditions linked to the pollution and struggle finding employment because of poor health.
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Kenya, Turkana County

New oil extraction activities create uncertainty around land rights and health risks for the nomadic people of the region.
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Uganda, Kabal Subcounty

A large petrochemical complex forces thousands to relocate, with too little compensation to find equivalent homes and land.

Downstream Video Stories

Stories on how landfills, incinerators, dumpsites and more impact the communities around them.

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Ecuador, Piñas, Canton of El Oro Province

The "La Chuva" hill, with a unique ecosystem, has become a dumpsite.
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Chile, Puerto Natales

A landfill is growing, with more and more tourists coming to visit the pristine landscapes of Puerto Natales, raising alarm for the local community and…
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United States, Ohio, East Palestine

A “bomb train” including five train cars filled with vinyl chloride, most commonly used to make PVC and other toxic plastics, derailed in the town…
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United States, Detroit, Michigan

A community cleans up and plants trees in an attempt to lessen the toxicity left behind by a closed-down incinerator.
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United States, Stanislaus County, California

The local community consistently fights back against initiatives by polluting industries operating in their county.
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India, Okhla, Delhi

Toxic emissions from the Okhla Waste-To-Energy operated by Jindal Urban Infra Limited has caused severe health impacts on the communities living beside the Waste-To-Energy plant.
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India, A. Mukkulam, Virudhunagar

Toxic emissions from the Ramky biomedical waste incinerator causes severe health impacts on the people living in A Mukkulam and other neighboring villages.
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India, Palampur

An award winning waste management plant turns into a garbage pile in the Himalayas.
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India, Naitwar

Isolated towns face a growing plastic pollution crisis, with no waste management, and single-use plastic flooding the market.
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Sri Lanka, Negombo

A vessel carrying toxic chemicals to make plastic catches fire off of the coast in 2021, contaminating the region for generations to come.
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Malaysia, Kuala Langat

Waste processing factories use mixed waste - including plastic - polluting the air and waterways, with indiscriminate plastic waste dumping in the region.
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Indonesia, Karawang

A limestone kiln burns through plastic waste, contaminating the air with toxic fumes.

India, Mundra

Canada, Chemical Valley, Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Ontario

Canada, Alberta Oil Sands

United States, Pennsylvania

Dilles Bottom, Ohio

United States, Louisiana

United States, Texas Port Arthur

United States, Texas Corpus Christi

United States, California

South Africa, Durban

Kenya, Turkana County

Uganda, Kabal Subcounty

Ecuador, Piñas, Canton of El Oro Province

Chile, Puerto Natales

United States, Ohio, East Palestine

United States, Detroit, Michigan

United States, Stanislaus County, California

India, Okhla, Delhi

India, A. Mukkulam, Virudhunagar

India, Palampur

India, Naitwar

Sri Lanka, Negombo

Malaysia, Kuala Langat

Indonesia, Karawang