This chapter examines the concept of ‘sacrifice zones’—geographical areas subjected to environmental degradation, social marginalization, and economic abandonment after industrial and extractivist activities. Drawing on Ulrich Beck’s risk theory, this article explores how risk and environmental harm are systematically distributed along socio-economic and racial lines, reinforcing existing inequalities. It traces the historical evolution of the term ‘sacrifice zone’ from its Cold War origins in U.S. nuclear policy to its adoption by environmental justice movements resisting industrial exploitation. Furthermore, this article engages with Donna Haraway’s framework of multispecies kinship and ‘staying with the trouble’, offering a perspective that moves beyond narratives of loss, which are often associated with sacrifice zones, and toward imagining new modes of resilience and interdependence within these toxic landscapes. Ultimately, the article critiques the sacrificial logic underpinning economic progress and calls for a rethinking of environmental justice through a relational and future-oriented lens.