These five companies said they'd curb plastic waste. They made it much worse.

Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) was set up in 2019 by a group of companies which include ExxonMobil , Dow , Shell , TotalEnergies , and ChevronPhillips .

They promised to divert 15 million metric tons of plastic waste from the environment in five years to the end of 2023 .

New data revealed as delegates prepare to meet in Busan , South Korea , to hammer out the world’s first treaty to cut plastic pollution.