Archive · 30 Sep 2025
Nepal Launches 5-Year Everest Clean-Up Drive to Tackle Waste
Imagine Mount Everest as a giant trash can, and it's overflowing!
For years, climbers have left behind trash like plastic bottles, old ropes, and even human waste.
This makes the mountain look messy and also hurts the environment.
Now, Nepal is starting a five-year plan to clean it up.
They'll use special teams and maybe even drones to collect trash.
They're also making climbers pay more to climb and setting aside money for clean-up.
This plan aims to protect the mountain and make sure it stays beautiful for everyone.
Nepal is initiating a five-year clean-up drive on Mount Everest.
The clean-up plan is in response to a Supreme Court directive, addressing accumulated waste.
A draft strategy allocates Rs 308 million, though actual costs may exceed Rs 1 billion.
Proposed measures include specialized teams and drone technology for waste collection.
Climbers face increased fees and a requirement to manage human waste.
- Who
- Nepal government, climbers, and various organizations
- What
- A five-year plan to clean up waste on Mount Everest.
- When
- The plan is being launched now and will run for five years (2025-2029).
- Where
- Mount Everest and the surrounding region.
- Why
- To address decades of accumulated waste and environmental damage on Mount Everest.
- Initiative
- 5-year Everest clean-up plan
- Budget (Draft)
- Rs 308 million (estimated cost exceeding Rs 1 billion)
- Waste Collected (2024)
- 85 tonnes by Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, 11 tonnes by Nepali Army
- Climbing Fee Increase
- From $11,000 to $15,000 per foreign climber (south route)
- Human Waste Solution
- Mandatory bottles for human waste