In spite of the plastics industry’s best efforts to help developing countries deal with their trash problems, as the Alliance to End Plastic Waste aims to do, nothing will satisfy environmental activist groups short of ridding the world of plastic, period.

The environmental advocacy group has filed shareholder proposals to hold Chevron Phillips, DowDupont and ExxonMobil accountable for pellet spills.

There have been several developments around the capabilities and production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in 2018, and they will likely have a great impact on the industry going into 2019.

Shipments increased by an estimated 6.9% in 2017, while total employment increased 2.4% in the same period, reports the Plastics Industry Association (Washington, DC).