The art of a plastics treaty: How sculptures, collages, and poetry have influenced global talks

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By Joseph WintersAug 12, 2025, 11:40 am193 ptsTrendingTop
Nearly every day since July 31, Benjamin Von Wong has been surrounding his 20-foot-tall art installation, The Thinker’s Burden, with a little more plastic trash. By Thursday, parts of it could be totally obscured beneath a mountain of garbage in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Von Wong, a Canadian…

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