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Talks advance on a treaty to end plastic pollution

Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished early Tuesday in Canada.

For the first time in the process, negotiators discussed the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty. Delegates and observers at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution called it a welcome sign that talk shifted from ideas to treaty language at this fourth of five scheduled meetings.

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