22 Jan 2021 --- The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a collaboration of over 50 top plastic industry players, has come under a fresh tide of criticism following an investigation revealing the collapse of its flagship project, Renew Oceans. Environmental campaigners are claiming vindication on earlier warnings that the Alliance, founded in 2019, is merely a marketing ploy by big oil companies designed to hide and justify a massive expansion of global plastic production.