Jakarta, Aug. 21 -- Indonesia is pressing forward with practical measures to tackle plastic pollution, despite a lack of global consensus on a binding international treaty, Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said on Thursday.

Following the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) in Jakarta, he said Indonesia would not wait for the finalization of the Global Plastic Treaty to take action.

Many key issues have been identified, but reaching agreement will take time, Nurofiq said.

"That's why today's meeting with the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) encouraged us to keep moving forward with on-the-ground solutions," he added.

The forum included representatives from governm...