Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement. This was supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally ...

Divisions between countries have stalled negotiations on the world's first treaty to tackle plastic pollution, after a terse ...

Global talks to forge a landmark treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution broke down after negotiators from more than 170 ...

As the threat from plastic pollution mounts, the countries could only agree to postpone negotiations to a later date.

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

Countries have deadlocked on a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution, according to The Associated Press. The treaty, ...

Countries negotiating an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, ...

Faced with the possibility that the talks would collapse, negotiators decided to try to salvage them and schedule another, ...

Jodie Roussell, global public affairs lead for sustainability at Nestlé, said of the talks' collapse: "Disappointingly, ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an ...