Editor’s note: CNN’s Esha Mitra and Amy Woodyatt contributed reporting. (CNN) — As the 2024 Himalayan mountaineering season gets underway, another high-altitude project is in the works: removing tons of trash from Mount Everest.
Published Apr 9, 2024 9:27 AM EDTStaff and Workers from the recycle company Blue Waste 2 Value showing the waste garbage's towards media collected from Mount Everest and Base Camp in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 05, 2019. As the 2024 Himalayan mountaineering season gets underway, another high-altitude project is in the works: removing tons of trash from Mount Everest.
The army, which conducts the cleanup initiative in partnership with the multinational brand Unilever, will head up the campaign again this year. Scientists warn that Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than ever because of climate change, exposing communities to costly disasters.
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