China planning to ban polluting vehicles at Mt. Everest Base Camp in Tibet

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

The Chinese government is planning to ban polluting tourist vehicles at the Mount Everest base camp in Tibet from next year as part of its efforts to reduce pollution in the area that has a fragile environment.

The eco-unfriendly tourist transport vehicles will be banned from base camp and permit electric golf-style buggies to raise the income of the locals.

The locals, who live below the poverty line, will be employed as tour guides and drivers of new electric golf-style buggies to and from the camp.

This area has a fragile environment and its natural conditions have limited processing capabilities of trash and sewage, which must be handled very carefully. Wangqiong said that a professional cleaning company has been hired to maintain the area and every visitor will receive trash bags to promote cleanup.  Wangqiong said that a professional cleaning company has been hired to maintain the area and every visitor will receive trash bags to promote cleanup.

It is recorded that more than 100,000 people, including 40,000 mountaineers and hikers visited the Everest Base Camp and nearby area in 2017.

There are some 2.26 tons of human waste, one ton of mountaineering trash and 5.24 tons of household waste have been removed from the world’s highest peak since April. A further eight tons of trash was removed between 5,200 meters and 6,500 meters above the sea level, the report said.

The electric buggies are used in scenic spots across China to reduce emissions, Zhang Shangzheng, dean of the tourism management department at Anhui University.

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