Plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva end without an agreement

A plenary session takes place during the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution will not reach an agreement in Geneva on Friday.

Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office in Geneva to try to complete a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis.