India, Nov. 30 -- Win for wastepickers as voluntary body formed to ensure they are heard; member states now in the process of preparing final international legally binding instrument

The first round of negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution in Uruguay's Punta Del Este is inching toward the last two days of talks, with a final decision still pending.

The first session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-1) comes nine months after representatives from 175 countries endorsed a landmark resolution on plastic pollution at the United Nations Environment Assembly.

Countries tasked the United Nations Environment Programme with convening and managing the INC process.

An open multi-stakeholder forum was arrange...