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There a new rule about going to the toilet on Mount Everest. People the world's highest peak will now have to their own poo back to Base Camp. There has an increase in the number of climbers on the mountain. This has to a problem of human waste being on the slopes. Mingma Sherpa, a local official, told the BBC: "Our mountains have to stink." He added: "We are complaints that human stools are visible on rocks, and some climbers are falling sick. This is not acceptable. It damages our image." The new rule climbers to buy a bio-degradable "poop bag". They can of the bag and its contents when they come down from the mountain. It will be "checked" by workers there.

The problem of waste, litter and pollution on Mt Everest has been for years. Many people camping equipment on the slopes. Thousands of discarded cans of oxygen the mountain. An environmental organization that there was around three tons of human poo between Base Camp and the summit of Everest. Much of this freezes and does not . The India Today website said the poop bags will with the waste problem. It : "It is that this measure, along with ongoing clean-up campaigns, will help the dignity of this iconic peak." It added that the waste bags would, " the health of both climbers and the local environment".