Nepal Clean-Up Campaign: Around 3,000 Kg Of Garbage Collected From Mt Everest Region

Nepal launched an ambitious Clean-Up Campaign on 14th of April 2019. It aims to bring back Solid Waste from the World's No. 1 Highest Peak-Mount Everest. Now, around 3,000 Kg of garbage collected from Mt Everest.
The 45-day ‘Mount Everest Cleaning Campaign’ led by Solukhumbu district’s Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality began on 14th April 2019 and aims to collect garbage nearly 10,000 Kg.
Every year, 100s of climbers, Sherpas and high altitude porters make their way to Everest, leaving behind tonnes of both biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste - including empty oxygen canisters, kitchen waste, beer bottles and faecal matter - on the highest peak, which has lately acquired notoriety as the “world’s highest garbage dump”.

Published On : 01 May 2019