Over 3,300 delegates representing more than 170 nations and 440 organizations met in Busan, South Korea, last week to agree on a legally binding instrument to tackle plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. A global treaty to curb plastic pollution has failed to materialize at the end of what was supposed to be the final round of international negotiations. The week-long meeting in Busan, South Korea, was the last of five scheduled Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meetings intended to yield a legally binding instrument to tackle the rampant plastic crisis. But standing disagreements on the basic scope of the treaty meant a decision could not be reached.

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