Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement.

Campaigners and scientists say that a global plastics treaty being negotiated in South Korea must include production limits if it is to be effective.The gathering in Busan represents the last scheduled round of UN-mandated negotiations before the planned finalisation of the treaty in 2025.

Negotiators are gathering in South Korea in what’s billed as a final push to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.

Island nations say recycling insufficient to solve problem when 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced yearly.

The global production of plastic has reached almost half a billion tonnes each year, more than double the amount produced 20 years ago. Several countries are now holding talks in South Korea’s Busan f

Plastic pollutes oceans, food, your body. Yet nations are divided over a global treaty. Why all eyes are on talks for a U.N.-led accord to cut plastic waste.

Global leaders unite in Busan to negotiate a global plastic pollution treaty to curb environmental damage and climate change

Talks began in Busan, South Korea, on Monday aiming to clinch a legally binding deal on plastics pollution, led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Nations gathered in Busan, South Korea have a week to agree the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution, a gargantuan challenge given the major divisions that remain.