Artist drowns sculpture outside UN office in waste during plastic pollution treaty talks

Benjamin Von Wong, right, a Canadian artist and activist, heaps piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture that he designed in front of the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution , an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office.

Delegates to the treaty talks pass by the sculpture daily in a reminder of their responsibility to solve the plastic pollution crisis. The talks are scheduled to conclude Thursday.

Benjamin Von Wong, a Canadian artist and activist, designed the nearly six-metre sculpture called the Thinker’s