Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?

Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week

The Guardian view on the collapse of environmental talks: petrostates blocked a global plastics deal, but we must not despair

The failure of UN talks in Geneva should anger us all. The increasing threat to our health, our environments and wildlife must be addressed. By ensuring the collapse of UN talks seeking the first legally binding agreement on tackling plastic pollution, blockers in Geneva have failed the next generation. Most states are willing, even determined, to act. But the US joined petrostates obstructing action. Their children too will live to regret that.…