On March 2, 2022, delegates to the UN environment assembly adopted an ambitious resolution to develop the text of a new treaty by the end of 2024 to end plastic pollution. With 24 days of formal negotiation between almost 200 countries completed,

The strategy focuses on cutting single-use plastics, boosting reuse, and assessing environmental and health impacts.

Negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world's first treaty aimed at ending the problem of plastic pollution.

Global plastic production has increased over 200-fold to hit almost 460 million tonnes annually since 1950. View on euronews