Plastics production is skyrocketing. A new U.N. treaty effort could cap it.

Negotiators from around the world will start work this month on a treaty to reduce plastic pollution, in what diplomats say is the most ambitious round of climate diplomacy since the 2015 Paris agreement that focuses on global warming.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/02/08/plastic-pollution-un-treaty/