Artist covers sculpture in plastics as sign for delegates at pollution summit

Benjamin Von Wong heaps piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture that he designed in front of the United Nations office in Geneva (Jennifer McDermott/AP)

As nations began a second week of negotiations on Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office.

Delegates to the treaty talks pass by the sculpture daily in a reminder of their responsibility to solve the plastic pollution crisis. The talks are scheduled to conclude on Thursday.