EU Ready To Do Plastic Pollution Deal 'But Not At Any Cost'

Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong's sculpture 'The Thinker's Burden', sited outside the UN, is being slowly covered in plastic during the treaty talks in Geneva (Credit: AFP)

The European Union is ready to do a deal to land a groundbreaking treaty on plastic pollution, but not at any cost, the EU's environment commissioner insisted Tuesday.

With little over two days left to strike a global accord in talks at the UN in Geneva, Jessika Roswall said it was "time" to clinch a deal between oil-producing countries and more ambitious nations, including EU states.