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Environment

Geneva talks on global plastic pollution treaty collapse without a deal

Piles of plastic waste at a recycling plant in Erftstadt, Germany [File: Jana Rodenbusch/Reuters]

Global talks to develop a landmark treaty to tackle plastic pollution have once again failed to reach an agreement, despite efforts late into the night to strike a deal.

Delegates at a closing meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) in Geneva on Friday spoke of their dismay at the failure to break a deadlock at the sixth round of talks in under three years, as countries remained deeply divided over the scope of any treaty.

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