
"All the mountaineers have desire to climb Mount Everest once in a lifetime."
"In 1962, there were 6,000 visitors in Nepal. Recently, they were more than 1,000,000."
"Kathmandu produces 750 tons of waste per day, 70% are thrown in the wild."

Everest Recycling

Everest Recycling

Everest Recycling

Everest Recycling

Everest Recycling
Bringing darker records to light

Is Everest still the tallest rubbish container in the world?
It's in 2000 that Everest winner, Sir Edmund Hillary, talks about the highest landfill in the world. Along with Messner, famous for completing the first solo ascent of Mount Everest, Hillary meets with the King of Nepal to carry out the need for change, but without substantial result.
In the following years, many cleaning initiatives have taken place on the Mount Everest to reduce the waste left by tourists on the climbing routes. However, pollution has now been flooding the valleys and villages below.
In the documentary EVEREST GREEN, Jean-Michel Jorda raised awareness of the waste issue at the top of Everest. Now, one question remains: what should we do with all the garbage once collected from the mountain?
The upcoming documentary film, Everest Recycling, will tackle the waste management concerns on the famous mountain and its valleys, following the installation of an incinerator.
Release in December, 2022.
Everest Recycling
"Most importantly, is the story we want to carry."


Meet the director
Jean-Michel Jorda is an award-winning French director, author and adventurer committed to the environment.
He loves people who tell about their lands. He highlights them through his documentaries, in images. He created Zone Himalaya to tell the stories of the people he meets and to let everyone discover the world as it is.
25 years of audiovisual activity
35 documentary films
7 international awards

For Nepal,
For the World.
The documentary will feature:
First solo ascent of Everest; first to climb all 14 peaks over 8,000 meters.
The legend of modern Himalayanism; 15th to have climbed every 8,000 without oxygen.
The perfect link between the climbing world and the Himalayas; Karakoram Winter Women's Premiere.
First Tunisian mountaineer and the first French firefighter to have climbed the Everest.
Created Kaitu Expedition to give meaning to the climbing of Mountains.
Prime Minister of Nepal and President, Nepali Congress.
We will touch the sky at
8,848 m.
Art Can Die is committed to supporting and conveying the essential message of Jean-Michel Jorda.
We will touch the sky at 8,848 m.
Art Can Die is committed to supporting and conveying the essential message of Jean-Michel Jorda.