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Disneyland Paris & The Environment

As Europe’s leading tourist attraction, Disneyland Paris has taken various steps across the years to become increasingly sustainable. Every April, Disneyland Paris celebrates Earth Month with a dual goal of celebrating the steps the resort has taken so far in its sustainability goals, but also to encourage and celebrate initiatives throughout the company and its Cast Members.

For Earth Month 2019, DLP Town Square was invited to spend a day with the Disneyland Paris environmental teams to find out just some of the ways Disneyland Paris is building a sustainable resort  and the work that goes on backstage to bring these sustainable initiatives to life. 

2019 is a particularly poignant year as Disneyland Paris begins its move away from single-use plastics. Indeed on April 18th, Disneyland Paris phased out its plastic straws and stirrers and introduced paper straws made from 100% biodegradable materials. On June 23rd, Disneyland Paris removed its single-use plastic bags and introduced affordable reusable bags in three different sizes; these changes are in-line with new Environmentality schemes taking place across The Walt Disney Company.

The resort has also entered voluntary schemes run by the French Government which ranks hotels on a sliding scale based on the sustainability measures taken; 3 of the Disneyland Paris hotels received the highest A rating (Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne, Disney’s Hotel Santa Fe and Disney’s Davy Crockett Ranch), and a further 2 hotels received a B rating (Disney’s Sequoia Lodge and Disney’s Newport Bay Club). For this scheme numerous factors are considered including: climate impact, water consummation, non-renewable energy usage and use of organic and environmentally-friendly products. With future reductions in single-use plastics (notably in the form of toiletries in hotel rooms which will become refillable bottles from June 2019), it will be interesting to see how these rankings are affected next year.

Disneyland Paris new refillable toiletries
The new Disneyland Paris toiletries (front) will be rolled out from June 2019 across all resort hotels.

Whilst Disneyland Paris does have a dedicated team working on environmental-related projects, the efforts being taken by the resort are very much a team effort; lighting, for example, is being replaced across the resort by LED equivalents (these last much longer and are 95% efficient), a project being worked on in partnership with Imagineering teams.

Additional responsibility is being taken to educate guests of environmental issues; a pre-show to the nightly Disney Illuminations show highlights the DisneyNature films which highlight the extraordinary natural environment of Earth. There are also nature trails in some of the Disney Hotels (most prominently at Disney’s Davy Crockett Ranch).

Let's explore how Disneyland Paris helps protect the environment

The Potager de Rémy at Hotel Cheyenne, Disneyland Paris

Introduction

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Horticulture

Water Treatment Centre at Disneyland Paris

Water Treatment

The view from the Aqualagon at Villages Nature Paris

Geothermal Heat

EarthDay-6goals

The 6 Goals

Beekeepers at Disney's Davy Crockett Ranch - Disneyland Paris

Final Thoughts

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