Garbage collection at Mount Everest Base Camp. Photo:
Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee/ via EP.
Expeditions to Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth, generated 84 tons of waste and garbage in the spring of 2023 alone, said the Nepalese NGO Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, which is responsible for the disposal of climbers’ garbage.
Of the total, 75 tons correspond only to those registered at Everest Base Camp, including 21.4 tons of combustible garbage, 7.5 tons of non-combustible garbage, 21.5 tons of human waste and 9.9 tons of kitchen waste.
To this figure must be added the 8.9 tons delivered by the expeditions (4.5 tons combustible and 4.4 tons non-combustible) coming from the highest camps, in accordance with the law obliging mountaineers to bring at least 8 tons. kg of waste per person.
“Our team has already taken all combustible and combustible waste to our waste treatment facility in Namche for processing. “All recyclable garbage will be transported to Kathmandu,” the group said in a statement.
The NGO Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee was formed in the late 1980s in response to increasing amounts of waste from tourists and climbers on Mount Everest. The group was established with support from WWF Nepal and the local Ministry of Tourism.
(Taken from Europa Press)