No deal in Geneva on plastic pollution treaty

Global negotiators in Geneva failed to finalize the world’s first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution after 11 days of talks. Disagreements over curbing plastic production and regulating toxic chemicals left nations deadlocked, delaying urgent action against escalating plastic pollution

Geneva: Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement in Geneva on Friday.

Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office in Geneva to try to complete a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis.

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They remain deadlocked over whether the treaty should reduce exponential growth of plastic production and put global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics.

The negotiations at the UN hub were supposed to be the last round and produce the first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, including in the oceans. But just like at the meeting in South Korea last year, they’re leaving without a treaty.