Plastic pollutes oceans, food, your body. Yet nations are divided over a global treaty. Why all eyes are on talks for a U.N.-led accord to cut plastic waste.

On March 2, 2022, delegates to the UN environment assembly adopted an ambitious resolution to develop the text of a new treaty by the end of 2024 to end plastic pollution. With 24 days of formal negotiation between almost 200 countries completed,

Delegates from 175 countries meet in South Korea to make a deal to tackle plastic pollution:: Busan, South Korea:: November 25, 2024:: Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme"The world wants an end to plastic pollution.

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea.

Negotiations for a global plastics treaty hit a boiling point on Nov. 27, as countries accused each other of bad faith and expressed frustration over stalled talks.

Negotiators at the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution were striving on Friday to speed up sluggish proceedings and reach a deal by a Dec. 1 deadline.

A fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution had seen slow progress as the halfway point approaches, delegates said on Wednesday, fuelling doubts that a deal can be reached by a Dec.

With negotiations underway for a global plastics treaty, business leaders and scientists explain how we can stop the plastic waste polluting our oceans.

Canadian negotiators at the United Nations plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea said Thursday they are working "around the clock" to finalize an agreement, though the process has been predictably difficult.

Is virgin plastic production vital or completely unsustainable?They are urging the treaty to cut plastic production by at least 75 percent by 2040, from 2019 levels.