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FILE - Indian rag pickers look for reusable material at a garbage dump filled with plastic and other waste material on the outskirts of Jammu, India, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

FILE - Indian rag pickers look for reusable material at a garbage dump filled with plastic and other waste material on the outskirts of Jammu, India, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

FILE - Recyclable collectors work at the Lixao open-air dump in Santo Antonio do Descoberto, Goias state, Brazil, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

FILE - Recyclable collectors work at the Lixao open-air dump in Santo Antonio do Descoberto, Goias state, Brazil, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Environment activists shout slogans during a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution which set to be held in Busan from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Environment activists shout slogans during a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution which set to be held in Busan from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

FILE - A pedestrian carries takeaway food in a plastic bag in Hong Kong, March 13, 2024.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

FILE - A pedestrian carries takeaway food in a plastic bag in Hong Kong, March 13, 2024.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

FILE - Garbage collected en route to Mount Everest is piled before it is sorted for recycling at a facility operated by Agni Ventures, an agency that manages recyclable waste, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Sanjog Manandhar, File)

FILE - Garbage collected en route to Mount Everest is piled before it is sorted for recycling at a facility operated by Agni Ventures, an agency that manages recyclable waste, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Sanjog Manandhar, File)

FILE - A man walks past plastic waste strewn along at Enggros village beach in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)

FILE - A man walks past plastic waste strewn along at Enggros village beach in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)

Environment activists stage a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution which sets to be held from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1 in Busan, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP)

Environment activists stage a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution which sets to be held from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1 in Busan, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP)

Chair of the International Negotiating Committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, left, and Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, right, attend at the press conference for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP)

Chair of the International Negotiating Committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, left, and Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, right, attend at the press conference for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP)

Chair of the International Negotiating Committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, center, speaks next to Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, second from right, during the press conference for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP)

Chair of the International Negotiating Committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, center, speaks next to Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, second from right, during the press conference for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP)