Plastic pollution talks go into overtime as countries push for late breakthrough


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  • Thursday, 14 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: Piles of plastic trash are transported to be sorted at the waste sorting plant of recycling company Remondis in Erftstadt, Germany, August 12, 2025. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -Talks to create the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution went into overtime on Thursday, with talks adjourned to the following day.

Countries scrambled to bridge deep divisions over the extent of future curbs on what was meant to be the final day of negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva.

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