Under the new regulation, each climber will collect and eight kilos of garbage down the highest mountain in the world. Mountaineers climb Everest to be collected and eight kilos of garbage down the mountain , according to a new regulation that seeks to clear the "dump world's tallest garbage," Efe reported an official source. "We try to send the world the message that the Government is making efforts to clean up Everest," he told Efe Dipendra Poudel, a member of the government department mountaineering. "Each climber is responsible for cleaning the Everest" , said Poudel, who explained that the measure will take effect at the next climbing season, which begins this March and ends in May. Everest has been dubbed the landfill highest in the world for environmental activists in recent years by the large amount of waste that were abandoned on the mountain. Nepali authorities estimate that each climber generates about six kilos of trash without oxygen bottles and human waste . " Some may create less waste but must meet its quota even if it means you have to collect waste already there, "Poudel said. With about 800 people who climb Everest each year, including the Nepalese sherpas in season between March and May, the authorities estimate that some 6,400 kilos of waste will be collected from the mountain 8,848 meters. residues that accumulate on the mountain include bottles of oxygen and gas, food cans, bottles and shops. Climbers must submit waste reduction government officials stationed at the base camp at 4,800 meters high. The new measure is a step to the previous regulation which stated that the climbers were down only your trash and punished with $ 400 breach of the standard . So far biodegradable waste is burned near the Everest and non-biodegradable should be transported to Kathmandu by climbers.
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