Waste on Everest is often treated as ‘out of sight, out of mind’ – discarded into the nearest receptacle and promptly forgotten.

Waste on Mt Everest is often treated as ‘out of sight, out of mind’ – discarded into the nearest receptacle and promptly forgotten. The Garbage Deposit Scheme (GDS) was a government intervention aimed at solving waste management issues. For several years, there have been calls for the government to intervene with a GDS implementation on Mt Everest.