GENEVA — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume.
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Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday
The session was adjourned and will be resumed at a later date
Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office to try to complete a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis
They remain deadlocked over whether the treaty should reduce exponential growth of plastic production and put global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics
The consequence of the failed talks is devastating, as it leaves no clear path fo