GENEVA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- A coalition of major global businesses, financial institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on Wednesday called for a new global treaty to end plastic pollution.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation announced in a joint statement that they have convened a new "Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty" of 83 organizations, which will form the basis for future policy engagement with governments.

It comes in the run-up to the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC), which will take place from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 in Uruguay. The INC will develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.