STORY: Taking a jab at simple recycling, she said, "Most of that plastic ends up in communities, that then harm and take away the ability to have healthy soil, to grow food.”

With only about 9% of waste recycled from 460 million tonnes of plastic produced each year, the UN-organized Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-2), which runs from May 29 to June 2, aims for a legally-binding pact to eliminate more.