Mount Everest Waste

Mount Everest Waste Crisis: Nepal Scraps Refundable Deposit Program After Climbers Continue Leaving Tents, Oxygen Bottles, and Trash at Higher Camps

Nepal is set to discontinue a long-standing waste deposit program on Mount Everest after authorities concluded it has failed to curb the growing accumulation of rubbish on the world’s highest peak. The scheme, introduced more than a decade ago, required...