Virtual Toxic Tours

04 Sep

Ecuador, Piñas, Canton of El Oro Province

October 11, 2023
By sachin

In the province of El Oro, a commonwealth was formed between the cantons Piñas, Atahualpa, Portovelo and Zaruma, to manage garbage. They created a public compa...

04 Sep

Downstream Stories

Chile, Puerto Natales

September 22, 2023
By sachin

Situated in Chilean Patagonia, Puerto Natales serves as the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park. The area welcomes 200,000 visitors annually. Tourists...

04 Sep

Downstream Stories

United States, Ohio, East Palestine

October 3, 2023
By sachin

A train carrying vinyl chloride, known as a human carcinogen, derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023, on the border of Beaver County, Pennsylvania....

04 Sep

Downstream Stories

United States, Detroit, Michigan

September 18, 2023
By sachin

The community near the closed incinerator still grapples with the environmental and health consequences that it has left behind. When the incinerator in Det...

04 Sep

Downstream Stories

United States, Stanislaus County, California

September 13, 2023
By sachin

Communities in the rural west side of Stanislaus County have been historically overburdened by social and environmental injustices. Despite the overburdening o...

30 Aug

Downstream Stories

India, Okhla, Delhi

October 11, 2023
By sachin

Okhla waste-to-energy was the first large-scale plant opened in Delhi in 2012. The land for setting up this plant was strictly earmarked for setting up a compo...

30 Aug

Downstream Stories

India, A. Mukkulam, Virudhunagar

September 13, 2023
By sachin

Mukkulam is an agrarian village situated in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India. Ramky Energy and Environment Limited, a biomedical waste management comp...

30 Aug

Downstream Stories

India, Palampur

September 13, 2023
By sachin

A large forest, adjacent to the river, has been ruined by the dumping of toxic garbage that includes 90% of mixed waste. Frequent open burning of the garbage h...

30 Aug

Downstream Stories

India, Naitwar

September 13, 2023
By sachin

Naitwar is the entry point to Govind Ballabh Panth Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park. It is at the intersection of different ranges, close to a tourist hots...

30 Aug

Downstream Stories

Sri Lanka, Negombo

September 18, 2023
By sachin

On 20 May 2021, the X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Carrying 297 tonnes of heavy fuel and 51 tonnes of marine fuel, the vessel a...