STORY: Delegates discussing the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach consensus, diplomats said on Friday,voicing disappointment and even rage that the 10-day talks produced no deal.

The nations of the world have been on the precipice of reaching a global agreement to curb plastic pollution for a few years now. Delegates from 184 governments met in Geneva this month to try to hammer out a final treaty, but in the end, they walked away without a deal.

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday.