The fifth U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee failed to reach a binding agreement on plastic production and waste for the fifth time since the group began meeting in November 2022.

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After two years of dedicated negotiations, world leaders could not agree on a global plastics treaty to counter plastic ...

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Countries negotiating a global treaty to address plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement in Busan.

The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) is disappointed over the lack of a formal agreement after the latest round of ...

The failure of recent global talks in Busan, South Korea, to produce a landmark treaty to combat plastic pollution, has ...

For almost two years, countries have been trying to negotiate a United Nations treaty to rein in plastic pollution. The talks were supposed to end with an agreement, but that didn't happen.

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The week-long talks, known as INC-5, ended in a deadlock over objections to the inclusion of cuts to plastic production in so-called ambition countries.