Drones tackle Everest’s trash crisis, hauling gear up and garbage down
Story: This is usually called “the highest garbage dump in the world ..
:: Everest Mountain, Nepal
Some predict 50 metric tons of garbage in MT Everest due to decimal climbing and loose arrangements.
:: Airlift Technology
However, these unmanned aerial vehicles are used to try to clean one of the most remote parts of the world.
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:: Everest Base Camp, Nepal
The Nepal -based Airlift Technology addresses this crisis by deploying the drones to deliver both materials to the mountain and then remove the wastes on the road.
After the successful attempts in 2024, the company estimates that it has been removed on a metric ton of garbage between March and May 2025.
Here’s the founding partner Milan Pandey.
:: Milan Pandey, Founding Partner of Airlift Technology
“… The main intention was, of course, like bringing the garbage, because we have a drone delivery on Mount Everest (White Flash), Everest Mountain.”
:: Airlift Technology
Drones made by a Chinese manufacturer can quickly carry critical material up to 33 lbs, including oxygen bottles, stairs and ropes.
” What is interesting, so it takes 7 to 9 hours to reach the mountaineers from Base Camp to the first. And our drone can reach there within 3 minutes. “
This helps Sherpa climb to the difficult parts of the mountain, for example, a dangerous passage filled with cracks and ice with a large amount of equipment, Khumbu Icefall.
:: Airlift Technology
Nepal mountaineer Nima Rinji is a pleasant innovation for Sherpa.
:: Nima Rinji Sherpa, Mountaineer
” I think this is very interesting and very good, because it is human impossible to cut down all the garbage from Khumbu Icefall to the Southern Column. So yes, yes, yes, we are currently using these unmanned aerial vehicles with airallift technology that is very innovative to save people’s lives and makes it easier to lower the garbage down. “
While other Everest cleaning operations continue, Airlift technology hopes that DRONES will provide a new vehicle in the efforts of the mountain’s efforts to combat the garbage scourge.
