Countries scrambled Thursday to secure a global agreement on tackling plastic pollution as 10-day talks headed towards overtime, with one diplomat saying negotiators were in a "haze" on how to find common ground.

After three years of negotiations, nations wanting bold action to turn the tide on plastic garbage were trying to build last-minute bridges with a group of oil-producing states.

As the hours ticked away, talks chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso was doing the rounds between regional delegations at the United Nations' headquarters in Geneva, trying to stitch together a consensus agreement following a botched attempt on Wednesday.

"We are in a complete haze. We've got the impression something is missing," a diplomatic source in one of the regional delegations told AFP.

The talks are due

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