23 Jan 2019 --- The newly-launched Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) reads like a “who’s who of companies investing in the expansion of plastic production,” which, considering the alliance’s goals, is ironic. This is according to research from the Dutch-Belgian environmental NGO Recycling Netwerk. The findings showed that many of the alliance’s 28 members have scheduled billion-dollar investments in the expansion of plastic production.