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A new system of waste disposal in the Everest Valley

10.04.2012

The EvK2Cnr committee, in partnership with Eco Himal and Sagarmantha Pollution Control Committee, is already working to solve the "Everest waste issue". One of the first results will be the installation of a new waste management facility in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu Valley, Nepal. In open huge holes nearby several villages, right now, the climbing expeditions waste are burning in the Valley, producing unhealthy fumes.

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