Countries negotiating the treaty have agreed to meet again in 2025, with issues of production caps, program funding and chemical phaseout lists continuing to serve as hurdles.

After a week of negotiations, INC-5 has come to a close with no agreement reached over a Global Plastics Treaty, and another session is now expected to take place in 2025 - an outcome many blame on 'low-ambition countries' stalling progress for their own ends.

Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have failed to reach agreement, with more than 100 nations wanting to cap production while a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target plastic waste.

Contrary to their excuses, ambitious countries have the power and the pathways to forge a treaty to end the global plastic crisis. What we are severely lacking right now, however, is the determination of our leaders to do what is right and to fight for the treaty they promised the world two years ago.

PepsiCo, Zero Waste Europe, Reloop, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Greenpeace, WWF, and UNEP are among the industry players commenting on the lack of progress in a Global Plastics Treaty at INC-5. Generally,

The meeting between 175 parties was marked by a high degree of disagreement over whether the treaty should address the entire lifecycle of plastics and provide financial support from developed nations to aid developing countries in transitioning away from plastics.

Global leaders convening from 25 November to 1 December to conclude negotiations on an international, legally binding plastic pollution agreement

Every day that governments allow polluters to continue flooding the world with plastic, we all pay the price,” said one campaigner. Environmental groups on Sunday decried the conclusion of a United Nations summit designed to secure an international treaty to combat plastic pollution after powerful oil- and gas-producing nations refused to agree to production limits

What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an agreement on Sunday, as delegates failed to reconcile opposing views on whether to impose a cap on plastic production.

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.