Negotiators fail to reach an agreement on a plastic pollution treaty. Talks to resume next year

The World's Plastic Pollution Talks Were A Major Flop – Why?

The failure is bad news for the planet, but good news for fossil fuel companies.

White House: U.S. will redouble plastics-pollution effort after deal failure at Busan

The White House said Tuesday it is disappointing that negotiators could not strike a legally binding deal to address plastic pollution during a high-profile summit in South Korea.

Plastic treaty talks collapse posing a major setback against pollution

Despite the overwhelming problem of plastic pollution, hundreds of nations could not come to an agreement yet

Statement from NSC Spokesperson Sean Savett on Outcomes of the Fifth Negotiating Session on a Global Agreement to End Plastic Pollution

The United States is disappointed in the lack of a legally binding international agreement fit to meet the moment on addressing plastic pollution at the INC-5 and we are resolved to make more progress in the next stages of this negotiation. While the global movement to reign in the urgent threats of plastic waste in the environment has gained tremendous momentum, a small group of countries and producers stood in the way of progress to protect th…

US 'Disappointed' After Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse: White House

Delegates from nearly 200 nations debated for a week in South Korea on how to stop millions of tonnes of plastic waste from entering the environment each year.

The Corporate Push to End Plastics

Confidence in the United Nations’ ability to find cooperative solutions to some of humanity’s biggest threats took another walloping this weekend when negotiators left the fifth and final UN plastic pollution treaty talks in Busan, South Korea, with no deal. A planet-wide agreement on curbing plastic pollution was always going to be a big ask. Lacking the existential drama that undergirds the annual climate change conference, the Intergovernment…