Despite all the beauty of the country, I don't want to show only the positive aspects. Garbage is a huge problem. The infrastructure does not provide sufficient garbage collection and the people are not sensitive/aware enough of the impact of their behaviour.
My personal takeaway was trying to act as an example and putting even more effort on minimizing garbage and plastic. I just hope that mankind can manage this, that everyone can make a contribution and so eventually that much garbage at the hike to Sri Pada disappears one day.