"We must switch gears at the next meeting... It's time to end plastic pollution as the world can no longer wait," said Erin Silsbe, head of Canada's delegation.
The outcome underscores the difficulties in dialing back the use of a material that is ubiquitous and underpins a global multibillion dollar industry.
Each year the world produces more than 450 million metric tons of plastic, mostly from fossil fuels, and generates 350 million metric tons of plastic waste.
A broad coalition of nations favored measures to ratchet back plastic production, while oil-rich nations pushed back, arguing the world should target plastic pollution, not plastic itself.
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