Negotiators take first steps toward plastic pollution treaty

A man walks on a mountain of plastic bottles as he carries a sack of them to be sold for recycling in Dandora slum, Nairobi, on December 5, 2018. [AP Photo]

More than 2,000 experts wrapped up a week of negotiations on plastic pollution on Friday, at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address what even industry leaders in plastics say is a crisis.

It was the first meeting of a United Nations committee set up to draft what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring an end to plastic pollution globally.