Plastic pollution treaty stalled as Geneva talks end without deal


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: Plastic trash is sorted at the waste sorting plant of recycling company Remondis in Erftstadt, Germany, August 12, 2025. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -Delegates discussing the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach consensus, diplomats said on Friday, voicing disappointment and even rage that the 10-day talks produced no deal.

Delegates had been seeking a breakthrough in the deadlocked United Nations' talks in Geneva, but states pushing for an ambitious treaty said that the latest text released overnight failed to meet their expectations.

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