As the threat from plastic pollution mounts, countries could only agree to postpone negotiations to a later date.
![INC-5 Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso brings down a gavel, made with recycled plastic bottle tops from the Dandora landfill in Nairobi, to mark an agreement that talks will resume at a later date, during an open plenary of the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan, early on December 2, 2024. - Negotiators have failed to reach agreement on a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution and need more time to continue discussions, the diplomat chairing the talks in South Korea said on December 1, 2024. [Anthony Wallac/ AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AFP__20241201__36NY8M9__v1__HighRes__SkoreaUnEnvironmentPlastic-1733085433.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![Shahbaz and Gola Noor segregating plastic waste from their daily collection in New Delhi, India [Yashraj Sharma/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_2551-1732828757.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)