Toxics Watch approaches the issues using a variety of tactics.

Advocacy & Consultation
Toxics Watch actively participates in municipal, provincial, national, and international consultations to review existing and develop new public policy on pollution issues. Multi-stakeholder processes, such as the Clean Air Strategic Allaince (CASA), allow government, industry, and ENGOs to collaborate and achieve consensus-based solutions.
Toxics Watch also consults with industry, advocating for more eco-efficient development through industrial ecology, pollution prevention, and continous improvement; and for better corporate environmental responsibility.

Intervention
From the Swan Hills NRCB hearings to numerous EUB hearings into new oil sands facilities has been an intervenor in quasi-judicial processes overseeing industrial development in Alberta. In conjunction with other environmental groups, Toxics Watch has also sought to improve environmental protection through the court system.

Community Projects
From its formation in 1986, Toxics Watch has developed and delivered community projects such as the Toxic Round Up, composter distribution, and a public advisory service.