Negotiations begin for a global treaty on plastic pollution


              FILE - A man collects items along a polluted coastal area in Metro Manila, Philippines, Sept. 16, 2022. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
            
              FILE - A child sits inside a canoe with empty plastic bottles he collected to sell for recycling in the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Nov. 8, 2022. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
            
              FILE - Plastic and garbage hang on plants along a polluted coastal area in Metro Manila, Philippines, Sept. 16, 2022. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
            
              FILE - Litter and debris blanket the shoreline in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 10, 2022. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
            
              FILE - A boat moves through garbage floating on the basin of the Cerron Grande hydroelectric dam near Potonico, El Salvador, Sept. 25, 2022. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
            
              FILE - A fisherman prepares his collection of plastic bottles to sell on the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 29, 2022. An environmental group has asked fishermen to use their boats to collect plastic bottles from the river. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
            
              FILE - Trash and plastics litter the sand of Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 8, 2022. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
            
              FILE - A swan stands between dumped plastic bottles and waste at the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, April 18, 2022. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
            
              FILE - City workers remove garbage floating on the Negro River, which has a rising water level due to rain, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 6, 2022. More than 2,000 experts plan to wrap up early negotiations Friday, Dec. 2, on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address the crisis. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
Negotiations begin for a global treaty on plastic pollution