Nepal To Scrap 'Failed' Mount Everest Waste Deposit Scheme (bbc.com)
(Tuesday December 30, 2025 @11:41AM (msmash)
from the tough-luck dept.)
- Reference: 0180485569
- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/30/0836252/nepal-to-scrap-failed-mount-everest-waste-deposit-scheme
- Source link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g20prlg7o
A scheme to encourage climbers to bring their waste down from Mount Everest is being scrapped -- with Nepalese authorities telling the BBC [1]it has been a failure . From the report:
> Climbers had been required to pay a deposit of $4,000, which they would only get back if they brought at least 8kg (18lbs) of waste back down with them. It was hoped it would begin to tackle the rubbish problem on the world's highest peak, which is estimated to be covered in some 50 tonnes of waste. But after 11 years -- and with the rubbish still piling up -- the scheme is being shelved because it "failed to show a tangible result."
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g20prlg7o
> Climbers had been required to pay a deposit of $4,000, which they would only get back if they brought at least 8kg (18lbs) of waste back down with them. It was hoped it would begin to tackle the rubbish problem on the world's highest peak, which is estimated to be covered in some 50 tonnes of waste. But after 11 years -- and with the rubbish still piling up -- the scheme is being shelved because it "failed to show a tangible result."
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g20prlg7o
all hikers must (Score:2)
by FudRucker ( 866063 )
Bring their own weight in garbage down or be frozen in ice forever
As the saying goes... (Score:2)
"A fine is a price."
You want compliance, try telling them that climbers who bring at least 8kg of waste with them get to come back down. Vastly more exciting than a $4k discount on a trip where the ultra-budget options are ~$35k and going north of $50k is pretty common and past 100k hardly unheard of.