China to add ‘eco’ toilet to Mt Everest

Ghastly sight: Rubbish scattered around Camp 4 of Mount Everest. But climbers with pressing needs will soon find an ‘eco-friendly’ toilet at a Chinese campsite. — AFP

Beijing: Climbers with pressing needs on Mount Everest will soon find an “eco-friendly” toilet at a Chinese campsite 7,028m above sea level in an ongoing campaign to deal with the peak’s waste problem.

Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world’s highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending mountaineers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind.