Project Facilitation by
#breakfreefromplastic Comms Hub and Coordination team

Project Supervision by
Carolina Gonzalez

Creative Production by
Estelle Eonnet

Editing by
Sachin Athialy & Amy Chih-Hsin Lee

Assistant Editing by
Krithika Pillai

Sound Mixing by
Carlos Pineda

Mapping by
Erica Jackson

Website by
Redsgn Digital

Graphics by Mary Gamboa-Kroesen and Trixie Guerrero

UX Consulting by Caroline Quirk

Translation & Caption Coordination by
Chloe Brown and Marianella Nuñez

Translators

Benjamin Alvero
Ching-Wen Cheng
Bettina Gertum
Esperanza Clavell
Hany Osman
Ning Hsuan Cheng
Radhika Jhaveri
Tamara Cabrera
Ting-Fang Chin
Yash Marwah
Yu-Ting Hong
Xavier Sun

Financial Support
Plastic Solutions Fund

Thank you to CIEL for funding the Texas local story

MAPPING DETAILS
This global map was made using a variety of sources, including public agencies, non-profit organizations, and resident testimonies. In some cases, the points and shapes on the map are estimates of impacted areas and facilities, and may contain inaccuracies. While this map focuses on petrochemical plants, specifically those that contribute to plastic manufacturing, it also includes other types of industrial sites that compound injustices in communities impacted by the plastic industry.

ADDITIONAL SOURCES
Mapping done by FracTracker Alliance with help from:

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria

Centre for Environment Justice and Development (CEJAD)

South Durban Community Environmental Alliance

Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)

Centre for Financial Accountability

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Center for Coalfield Justice

Friends of the Earth Scotland

Antwerp Shalegas Free

Society of Native Nations

FM De la Calle

Changhua Environmental Protection Union（彰化縣環境保護聯盟）

Taiwan Ocean and Environmental Sustainability Law Center（漁民權益暨環境永續中心

Dashe Environmental Protection Union（大社環境守護聯盟）

Taiwan Zero Waste Alliance // Environmental Rights Foundation, ERF

Sierra Club Louisiana

Additional Data Sources include:

Lokichar to Lamu Crude Oil Pipeline: Lamu Crude Oil Pipeline Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Study (August 2019), map by Golder, digitized by FracTracker Alliance in December, 2021

Trans Ramos Pipeline: Spill Response and Prevention (2020), The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, digitized by FracTracker Alliance in January, 2022

Oil, gas, and petrochemical plants along the Mississippi River in Louisiana, combined and mapped by FracTracker Alliance in December 2021 from various data sources, including:

“Environmental Integrity Project. (2021, May 3). Emission Increase Database and Pipelines Inventory. Retrieved from https://environmentalintegrity.org/oil-gas-infrastructure-emissions”

Oil Refineries: Oil Refineries for the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level (HIFLD) Database (https://gii.dhs.gov/HIFLD), updated October 6, 2020

Ethylene Crackers: United States Energy Information Administration, https://www.eia.gov/maps/layer_info-m.php, updated January 13, 2020

Pennsylvania unconventional wells: Data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, updated November 1, 2021

Pennsylvania coal mines: Digitized Mined Areas in Pennsylvania from PASDA : https://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/DataSummary.aspx?dataset=257, updated November 19, 2021

Mariner East Pipeline: Data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, mapped by FracTracker Alliance in November 2016

Falcon Pipeline: Shell Pipeline Company/AECOM, mapped by FracTracker Alliance in November 2017

Revolution Pipeline: Mapped by FracTracker Alliance in September 2018 based on data from Energy Transfer and other online sources

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