The Associated Press

Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?

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.

"Local recycling facilities, or markets for the recycled material, don't always exist. where the collection and processing infrastructure does exist, the recycling plants are essentially plastic production facilities, with the same air, water, and soil pollution problems that are harmful to local residents" - Holly Kaufman