One organization, Sagarmatha Next, is raising awareness of the issue by making art out of trash. More from So Expensive Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste ...

We are scholars who study geoscience and mountain geography ... infrastructure to handle waste management, trash pickup, recycling and wastewater treatment. At Everest base camp, there are ...

Visitors have left an estimated 50 metric tons of waste on Everest. The mountain is so full of garbage that people have called it "the world's highest garbage dump." Nepal has tried all kinds of ...

The trash problem first became evident in the 1980s and 1990s, when climbing on the mountain and trekking in Khumbu began to increase. Microplastics are everywhere: even on top of Mount Everest ...

Regmi said cleaning campaigns were organized to collect garbage and rope fixing as well as other safety measures were undertaken regularly. Climbers returning from the Everest say the mountain is ...

Despite its awe-inspiring views, the mountain has earned ... by the sheer volume of waste and a lack of strict enforcement of disposal regulations. Everest’s thin air in combination with ...