More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling, which is essential to address chemicals of concern.

Negotiators at a U.N. plastic pollution summit in Busan, South Korea are pushing for a legally binding treaty that would set global plastic production reduction targets.

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close as nations continue debating whether part of that should be putting limits on plastic production.

Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5), opened today in Busan,

Plastic pollution treaty talks are ending in South Korea with no agreement, negotiators plan to meet again next year