The world's highest mountain is buckling under the weight of its popularity. Thankfully, a few organizations have stepped in ...

Video of trash on Everest by guide Tenzi Sherpa ... base camp to bring back 18 pounds (8 kilograms) of solid waste from the mountain or forfeit a US$4,000 deposit. Of course, if you've paid ...

One organization, Sagarmatha Next, is raising awareness of the issue by making art out of trash. More from So Expensive Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste ...

We are scholars who study geoscience and mountain geography ... infrastructure to handle waste management, trash pickup, recycling and wastewater treatment. At Everest base camp, there are ...

After a record-breaking season that saw almost 30,000 people visit the former landfill turned greenspace, Mount Trashmore is ...

according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak. The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas ...

Climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, will be ordered to buy poop bags and bring their waste back down with them for proper disposal, according to a new regulation.

This year, 29,448 people walked, ran or cycled to Linn County’s highest point, according to the Cedar Rapids-Linn County ...

Visitors have left an estimated 50 metric tons of waste on Everest. The mountain is so full of garbage that people have called it "the world's highest garbage dump." Nepal has tried all kinds of ...

Ukraine calls for Russian climber ban in Himalayas Why Mount Everest's summit gets ... and other mountains the leftover trash, dead bodies and other waste items are still there," Bhumiraj ...