Plastic talks gather steam amid impasse over production limits

With the world still divided over how ambitious its first plastics treaty should be, countries are considering launching a series of smaller meetings before a hoped-for agreement in December.

Countries still need to decide on whether the treaty should call for reducing the amount of plastics produced as talks wind down on Monday.

During the last week of negotiations in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, more than 60 countries demanded the treaty include production caps.

Rwanda, Peru along with the European Union...