Plastic Greenwash!

In 2019 (fanfare!), the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) was set up. This consortium of oil and chemical companies, includes ExxonMobile; Dow; Shell; TotalEnergies and ChevronPhillips. The AEPW pledged to divert plastic from the environment. Between them, its members produced circa 132m tonnes of plastic. Their target of clearing 15m tonnes of plastic waste has, however, now been quietly scrapped as 'too ambitious'. Consequently, AEPW is currently making at least 1000 times more plastic, than it's clearing up (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/20/five-firms-in-plastic-pollution-alliance-made-1000-times-more-waste-than-they-saved-analysis-shows). This is a typical ploy used by producers of environmentally problematic materials. First promise the Earth and then fail to achieve even minimalistic 'pledges'. Greenwashing par excellence?