France, Aug. 15 -- France has joined other nations and environmental groups in slamming this week's failure to agree on a landmark treaty on tackling plastic pollution. The UN-sponsored world summit ended Friday with no consensus on a last-ditch proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock.

Negotiators from 185 countries went through the night Thursday in a bid to find common ground between nations, but they failed to come up with a deal.

Some countries wanted bolder action such as curbing plastic production, while oil-producing states wanted any treaty to focus more narrowly on waste management.

French Minister for Ecological Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher expressed her "disappointment" and "anger" on Friday at the end of the summit in ...