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Why the global plastics talks collapsed — and what's next

One significant sticking point: the refusal of plastic-producing nations, including the U.S., to agree to production limits.

"The talks concluded without an agreement because the plastics treaty is fundamentally a fossil fuel treaty. There is a wide chasm between the petrostates and the countries who want to limit production of plastics — petrochemical products that are warming our planet, and poisoning people and the environment" - Holly Kaufman