What solutions are there to clean up trash on mount Everest?

Answer 1

One solution is to limit the number of climbers that visit each year. For every climber that goes up, they leave 5-10 empty bottles of oxygen, wrappers from premade food and drink containers, discarded tents, human waste and over 280 dead bodies. The Nepalese will probably not do this as they make $35,000 to $50,000 USD for each climber that tries to climb the mountain.

Answer 2

In the past few years, many expedition groups have climbed the mountain to collect the rubbish that is lying around, but recently a group of Nepali climbers made

one of the most successful trips, clearing over 8 tons of trash. This was the first time a mission was able to go into the "death zone", or above 8000 meters,

and collect the rubbish that was residing there. The higher elevation areas are when pieces of rubbish become the biggest problem. The reason being is that at

this high altitude past climbers were not too worried about picking up after themselves, they were more worried about surviving the harsh conditions and staying alive.

Take a read of the article at the link given.

Answer 3

There is trash on the slopes of Mount Everest that has been left behind by climbers but not as much as there was a few years ago. Today there is a dedicated climbing team who climb Everest just collecting trash and bringing it down off the mountain.

Answer 4

Most expeditions on Mount Everest bring down there own trash. There is also a dedicated team of Sherpa's who every year bring down as much trash as possible.

Answer 5

Today, there are dedicated climbing teams who bring down the rubbish left by others, making Mount Everest a cleaner mountain.