It's meant to be one of the most pristine environments on the planet, but Mt Everest in the Himalayas is choking under a mountain of garbage.

A cleanup by the Nepalese government has collected 11,000 kg of waste and four dead bodies.

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Empty oxygen cylinders, food wrappers, batteries, kitchen waste and the remnants of tents and bedding were among the discarded items left behind by 300-odd climbers that scale the world's highest peak each year.

The bodies came as no surprise to local workers from the Blue Waste 2 Value recycling; more than 300 people have died trying to reach the summit and an unknown number of cadavers remain on the mountain.

But a bottle of Beefeater gin?

An empty bottle of gin among the mountain of rubbish collected off Mt Everest. Credit: Reuters

According to the president of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, Frits Vrijlandt, a lot of rookie climbers seem to think scaling Mt Everest is akin to "a trip to Disneyland".

Coffee makers, and gear to watch movies inside tents, have even been collected off the treacherous face in recent times.

New laws

In April, the Nepalese government passed a new law mandating each climber who ascends beyond Everest’s base camp must not only bring back all their own rubbish, but 8kg of some else's.

Chevron Right Icon 'It is going to make sure that climbers obey the rules.'

Climbers who fail to comply will face legal action, the government said, although has not stipulated what that action might be.

“This is a rule that should have been introduced a long time back," UIAA honorary member Ang Tshering Sherpa said in an interview following the government's announcement.

"It is going to make sure that climbers obey the rules.”

Workers show the rubbish collected from Mount Everest and Base Camp in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Credit: Getty

One of the bodies collected in the Clean Up Mt Everest campaign has been identified as a Russian national.

The other was a local Nepalese climber.

The identities of the other two bodies have yet to be determined.

The extreme temperatures on the mountain means bodies do not compose.

Nepalese authorities briefing the media about the waste garbage's collected from Mount Everest on Wednesday. Credit: Getty

Record death toll

This year's March to May climbing season has recorded the highest death toll in four years, with 11 perishing in their effort to reach the highest point on earth.

Congestion on the route from Camp IV to the top and back has been blamed by many for the deaths, most of which occurred on the decent after the climbers fell victim to altitude sickness.

No permit cap

A record 381 permits were issued to tourists this year, with the Nepalese authorities saying there are no plans to cap permits.

Full sacks of waste garbage collected from Mount Everest. Credit: Getty

On Wednesday, The Himalayan Times reported that more than 200 climbers had to wait for nearly two hours in queues at bottlenecks on their way to the summit on May 22, but none of the dead climbers was in that queue.

Chevron Right Icon 'Traffic jam didn’t kill people on Mt Everest. They died due to their own stupidity and ego.'

“Traffic jam didn’t kill people on Mt Everest," Ang Tshering told the newspaper.

"They died due to their own stupidity and ego.

"If they are true mountaineers, they should listen to their body and should know when to turn back.

"Everyone knows climbing Everest is a dangerous game. You could pay with your life.”

Contact Kelly Burke at kburke@seven.com.au