International negotiations to create a legally binding treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution ended in a stalemate on Monday — pushing talks past their initial deadline and into next year. More than 100 countries have shown support for limits on plastic manufacturing.

TALKS to agree a treaty to end plastic pollution have failed, after a number of oil producing nations refused to agree a cap on plastic production. This week’s meeting in Busan, South Korea, had been intended to bring about a historic treaty that Greenpeace suggested would be the most important global treaty since the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in future months to try again.

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement

Analysis: Deep divisions, obstructions by fossil fuel-producing countries and the missing voices of campaigners and experts all contributed to the collapse of talks, as Asia climate correspondent Stuti Mishra explains from Busan,

The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won’t reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year

United Nations-backed talks for a global treaty to end plastic pollution wrapped up without an agreement in the early hours of Sunday 1. A new round of talks is expected in mid-2025. Negotiations foundered

After more than two years of negotiations, member countries of the United Nations failed to meet their own deadline this past weekend of striking a global agreement to curb plastic waste.