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Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva leave world few options to confront growing pollution crisis

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, ...

Talks on landmark plastic pollution treaty end without an agreement

Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement ...

How a global plastic treaty could cut down pollution—if the world can agree on one

The report highlights how more than 16,000 chemicals are used in plastic, many of which are not disclosed by the companies making it. Plastic chemicals are tied to health effects at all stages of ...

Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How’s that going?

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this ...
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UN plastic pollution talks end in ‘abject failure’ after negotiators reject proposals

Once again, global negotiations to secure a treaty to end plastic pollution have ended without agreement, after two weeks of talks in Geneva exposed irreconcilable divisions between ...
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Plastic pollution treaty talks end without deal

Talks aimed at striking a landmark treaty on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution ended Friday with no consensus on a last-ditch proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock.