( CNN ) Most climbers who try do n't succeed in summiting the 29,035-foot-high Mount Everest , the world 's tallest peak . But they do leave their trash . Thousands of pounds of it . That 's why an experienced climbing group from the Indian army plans to trek up the 8,850-meter mountain to pick up at least 4,000 kilograms ( more than 8,000 pounds ) of waste from the high-altitude camps , according to India Today . The mountain is part of the Himalaya mountain range on the border between Nepal and the Tibet region . The 34-member team plans to depart for Kathmandu on Saturday and start the ascent in mid-May . The upcoming trip marks the 50th anniversary of the first Indian team to scale Mount Everest . `` Sadly , Mount Everest is now ... called the world 's highest junkyard , '' Maj. Ranveer Singh Jamval , the team leader , told India Today . `` We will target the mountaineering waste from Camp 1 ( 19,695 feet ) to the summit , '' said Jamval , who has scaled Mount Everest twice . `` There are old cylinders , tents , tins , packets , equipment and other mountaineering waste . Apart from our own haversacks weighing 10 kg each , we intend to bring in another 10 kg each on the trip . '' More than 200 climbers have died attempting to climb the peak , part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The Indian expedition is n't the first attempt to clean up the trash left by generations of hikers . Among the cleanup efforts is the Eco Everest Expedition , an annual trip launched in 2008 that is all about climbing `` in an eco-sensitive manner , '' bringing old refuse , in addition to that generated during the trip , down for disposal , according to the Asian Trekking website . Last year , Nepalese tourism authorities started to require hikers to carry out an extra 18 pounds of garbage , in addition to their own trash and human waste , according to the New York Times .
Generations of Everest climbers have left tons of trash . The Asian army plans to remove at least 4,000 kilograms from the peak .