Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week. No agreement was made to meaningfully reduce the harms plastic production has to human health and the environment that come with it. That means any progress the world makes on plastics continues to depend on efforts to improve recycling and product design. Those are just the things that powerful nations argued should be the focus instead of cutting production. Here’s what to know about how successful those efforts have been and the challenges that come with them.