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Department of Tourism to expedite plans for Everest cleanup

With the ambition to conquest the world’s highest peak, daring adventurers pay Nepal government a hefty sum of money to climb Mount Everest (8,848 meters). Despite Everest being an important source of revenue for the government, mountaineers who risk everything to reach the top of the world have been complaining of rampant wastes in the Everest region. Amid complaints that the government which collects US $11,000 per person as the fee to climb Everest is not doing enough to manage the widespread waste in the region, a French association, Montagne et Partage, has successfully collected five tons of waste from the Everest region. The 40-day cleanup campaign “Everest Green Project”, which had started on April 13, ended on May 23 after recovering waste from Everest Base Camp (5,300 meters) and the South Col (7,906 meters). According to the Embassy of France in Kathmandu, two tons were sent to Namche for incineration whereas the remaining three tons of recyclable waste is being broug