Plastic waste and garbage are seen at a beach in Panama. LUIS ACOSTA / AFP via Getty Images. Negotiators from about 175 countries have been sparring for more than a year over a treaty to clean up ...

During plastic pollution treaty, the U.S. faces calls to do more Critics say the U.S. has been unwilling to push for measures in a global agreement that would drive big cuts in plastic waste.

Countries are racing to finalize a U.N. treaty to end plastic pollution Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

Finally, a solution to plastic pollution that’s not just recycling. Countries are negotiating a new global treaty to drastically reduce the plastic waste that has been poisoning the world.

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Divided over whether to stop making plastic, U.N. treaty talks collapse. Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a deal.

The focus should be on eliminating plastic pollution, without eliminating the benefits of plastic, he said. When the treaty talks began in Uruguay in December 2022, factions quickly came into focus.

Delegates from more than 150 countries, plastic industry representatives, environmentalists, scientists, waste pickers, tribal leaders and others affected by the pollution attended in person or ...

Negotiators from about 175 countries have been sparring for more than a year over a treaty to clean up plastic pollution that's choking rivers and piling up in landfills. As a critical new round ...