France, Aug. 15 -- Talks aimed at reaching a treaty on tackling plastic pollution ended on Friday with no agreements on a last-ditch proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock.

Negotiators from 185 countries thrashed out suggestions throughout the night in an effort to try and find common ground between nations wanting measures to curb production of plastics and oil-producing states that wanted any treaty to focus more narrowly on waste management.

Talks chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso issued his revised draft text after countries from all corners brutally shredded his previous version issued Wednesday, plunging the talks into disarray.

The Ecuadoran diplomat spent Thursday in frantic negotiation with multiple regional groups, resulting in a ...