Global plastics treaty talks in Geneva stall as deadline looms

With just hours left to reach a deal on plastics, negotiators in Geneva were scrambling Wednesday to resolve a deadlock caused by “red lines” of member countries.

Nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution at the United Nations office in Switzerland.

“To be honest, we need a breakthrough now. We have so few hours left and at some time yesterday it was like – it was all frozen. Now we…