5 tons garbage collected from Mount Everest

May 09, 2019

Kathmandu (Nepal), May 09 (ANI): A total of 5,000 kg garbage collected from Mount Everest by a clean-up team deployed by Nepali authorities on 14th April. The Nepal Army also is lending a hand in clean-up campaign launched on Mt Everest and it is being monitored by Tourism Department of Nepal. Some of the wastes has been collected and airlifted and the collection of the leftover garbage is underway. It will be sent out for recycling. Several organizations and commercial groups have also funded the clean-up campaign.