Coca-Cola Foundation assists Mountain Clean – Up Campaign, 2022

KATHMANDU, APRIL 11 : The Coca-Cola Foundation has supported the Mountain Clean – Up Campaign, 2022 led by theNepal Army and Rotary Club of Nagarjunfor its 3^rd edition with the theme “ An endeavor to save the Himalayas; Our Mountains, Our Responsibility”.  The Coca-Cola Foundation is the major Corporate Partner among multiple stakeholders for this year’s campaign.

The campaign is one of the largest mountain clean-ups in the world with an aim to protect and preserve sanctity of the Himalayas by retrieving waste that has been left behind by visitors and cumulated on the mountains over the years. Along with multiple stakeholders, the campaign that began on April 5 until June 5 this year will be cleaning 4 mountains of Nepal that are above 8,000 meters which includes Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Manaslu, and Mt. Kanchenjunga.Approximately 35,000 Kgs of waste has been estimated to be collected which will be handed over to the recycling partner for proper waste management.  

Coca-Cola has also provided its diverse portfolio of beverages to refresh the expedition team, volunteers and officials.

In 2019, the first Mountain clean-up Campaign led by the Nepal Army was successfully carried out along with involvement of a diverse set of stakeholders, where 10,586 Kgs of waste were collected. Continuing the efforts, the second edition of the campaign took place in 2021 where 27,671 Kgs of waste were retrieved from six mountains. The waste collected from the mountains includes items like Oxygen Canisters, Tents, Food containers, Plastics and Electronic waste etc.