US EditionNepal Ends Failed Everest Waste Deposit Scheme After 11 Years
Nepal ends the $4,000 refundable deposit scheme after 11 years and implements a non-refundable fee with a five-year Everest cleanup plan to tackle 50 tonnes of accumulated waste.
- Nepal has decided to end a waste deposit scheme for climbers on Mount Everest after 11 years, which authorities describe as a failure.
- The scheme aimed to reduce an estimated 50 tonnes of waste on Everest but did not produce tangible results, according to Himal Gautam, the director at the tourism department.
- Mingma Sherpa stated that the Sherpa community had pushed for this change for many years, indicating broader community support.
- New regulations will require climbers to pay a non-refundable clean-up fee to fund rangers ensuring trash removal at Camp Two and higher areas of the mountain.
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The highest mountain in the world continues to be filled with garbage left by hundreds of mountaineers every year
Nepal ends Everest waste deposit scheme, to deploy drones under five-year clean-up plan
Authorities also plan to set up waste collection and sorting points at base camps and higher camps, strengthen monitoring during peak climbing seasons, and deploy specialised high-altitude clean-up teams. Annual clean-up drives will target legacy waste and human remains left behind from decades of expeditions, moving away from ad-hoc campaigns to a permanent, system-based approach to keeping Everest and other Himalayan peaks clean.
Nepal has clipped its Everest was deposited scheme after 11 years, admitting it failed to curb garbage. A new non-refutable clean-up fee is planned.
Nepalese authorities have decided to abolish a deposit system that encouraged climbers to bring their own waste from Mount Everest.
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