As an issue of global importance, this article aims to focus on the international toxic waste trade to African countries. International toxic waste trade “involves the trans-boundary movement of hazardous substances from one country to another.” Its bearing on environmental justice stems from the fact that industrialized countries have endorsed the idea of transferring the ‘burden’ of their industrial output to developing countries, essentially turning these countries into ‘trash bins’. Notwithstanding that such countries are least capable of harboring such waste securely. Academics argue that the genesis of this injustice is twofold. Firstly, the lenient environmental laws of these developing countries make them attractive for and conducive to uncontrolled toxic waste dumping, as it is more cost-effective to dump in a developing country. The second factor is the prevalent need for fiscal relief in the developing world, which leads governments to accept even officially sanctioned payments in return for harboring such waste. This article argues that regulation of the ‘waste trade’ will prove pivotal in the struggle for environmental justice in these countries. Even though complete limitation cannot be achieved, regulation will see that such waste is dealt with safely; embracing citizen’s rights to the environment.