The Walt Disney Company’s commitment to environmental stewardship goes back to its founding more than 60 years ago and progresses into the future with the announcement that by mid-2019, The Walt Disney Company will eliminate single use plastic straws and plastic stirrers at all owned and operated locations across the globe, amounting to a reduction of more than 175 million straws and 13 million stirrers annually.
In addition, over the next few years Disney will transition to refillable in-room amenities in hotels and on cruise ships, reducing plastics in guest rooms by 80 percent.
Other efforts will be made to reduce the number of plastic shopping bags in Disney owned theme parks and cruise lines, offering guests the option to purchase reusable bags at a nominal price.
Finally, work will be completed that eliminates polystyrene cups across Disney’s global business. These steps are part of a long-term effort to reduce single-use plastics, in combination with continued recycling and responsibly disposing single-use waste that cannot be eliminated.
Published in the September 2018 Edition