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Plastics pollution treaty talks hit impasse on if rules should be binding - National | Globalnews.ca

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Negotiators are at an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics.

The negotiations in Busan , South Korea , were supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024 .

With time running out early Monday , negotiators agreed to resume the talks next year .

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