Plastic pollution talks end in Geneva without agreement

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement, on Friday, as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date.

- Associated Press

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

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. Most plastic is made from fossil fuels.

Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said despite challenges, despite the disappointment, “we have to accept that significant progress was made.”