Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste amid treaty talks

Negotiations on for a global accord to end plastic pollution

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As nations began a second week of negotiations yesterday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office.

Delegates to the treaty talks pass by the sculpture daily in a reminder of their responsibility to solve the plastic pollution crisis. The talks are scheduled to conclude Thursday.