Mount Everest looks more like a landfill every year ... Sherpa guides who help climbers navigate the mountains also gather trash and supplies left behind. But the sheer volume of garbage is ...

Trials began in 2024 when Chinese drone manufacturer DJI teamed up with Nepalese drone service company Airlift and mountain ...

The Sherpa Ice Doctors who find the route through Everest's dangerous Khumbu Icefall will not have to hunt for a safe way by ...

For the first time, drones will be used on Mount Everest to carry gear and clean up, helping Sherpas and improving safety ...

Business Insider previously reported on the growing discontent in Nepal about the volume of climbers on Everest and all the trash they leave behind. In 2024, officials began requiring climbers to ...

The trash problem first became evident in the 1980s and 1990s, when climbing on the mountain and trekking in Khumbu began to increase. Microplastics are everywhere: even on top of Mount Everest ...

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 ...