Countries negotiating the treaty have agreed to meet again in 2025, with issues of production caps, program funding and chemical phaseout lists continuing to serve as hurdles.

PepsiCo, Zero Waste Europe, Reloop, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Greenpeace, WWF, and UNEP are among the industry players commenting on the lack of progress in a Global Plastics Treaty at INC-5. Generally,

Every day that governments allow polluters to continue flooding the world with plastic, we all pay the price,” said one campaigner. Environmental groups on Sunday decried the conclusion of a United Nations summit designed to secure an international treaty to combat plastic pollution after powerful oil- and gas-producing nations refused to agree to production limits

Contrary to their excuses, ambitious countries have the power and the pathways to forge a treaty to end the global plastic crisis. What we are severely lacking right now, however, is the determination of our leaders to do what is right and to fight for the treaty they promised the world two years ago.

After a week of negotiations, INC-5 has come to a close with no agreement reached over a Global Plastics Treaty, and another session is now expected to take place in 2025 - an outcome many blame on 'low-ambition countries' stalling progress for their own ends.

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay negotiations.

Global leaders convening from 25 November to 1 December to conclude negotiations on an international, legally binding plastic pollution agreement

Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong meeting in Busan early Monday without an agreement, pushing talks to another session next year.

A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after oil- and gas-producing countries pushed back on limiting production

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