UN delegates agree on first draft of global plastic treaty.
Around 170 countries agreed to develop a first draft by November of what could become the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution by the end of next year. The negotiations were bogged down by more than two days focused on the rules of procedure for the talks. Countries agreed to prepare a "zero draft" text of what would become a legally binding plastics treaty and to work between negotiation sessions on key questions such as the scope and principles of the future treaty.