Plastic talks end without agreement on curbing production

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Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution wrapped up early on Tuesday without agreement on a proposal to consider sustainable plastic production limits.

The talks were supposed to conclude on Monday but continued overnight as countries wrangled over whether the treaty should address how to tackle the overproduction of plastic.Countries did agree to technical work before the fifth and final round of negotiations in Busan, Korea from Nov. 25 to analyze how to identify hazardous plastic chemicals in products and problematic plastic products, how to re-design plastic packaging, and how to finance efforts to tackle plastic pollution .

They have argued that the time before the final Busan summit would be better spent focused on topics such as managing plastic waste and product design.China's lead negotiator in Ottawa, Yang Xiaoling, said countries should focus on "non-contentious subjects," such as redesigning plastic products to use less plastic or to be more easily recyclable.

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