Can we recycle our way out of this mess? No. Yes. But…

Oil-producing countries continue to be flies in the ointment, shall we say, of ambitions to deliver an agreement that helps scale down plastic production. Talks ended without a plan to begin formal work on a draft treaty before everyone gets together again in Canada in April. Sian Sutherland from campaign group A Plastic Planet called the whole thing a “bellyflop”.