Walt Disney World also bans plastic straws in parks

Recently, there has been a growing movement for people to abandon the use of plastic straws in an effort to protect the environment and help save the oceans. Companies such as Starbucks and American Airlines, and cities like Seattle and San Francisco, are all taking the lead in making institutional or legislative changes to end the use or prohibition of straws. plastic. Now, the most magical place on Earth is taking the cause. The Walt Disney Company has announced that it will eliminate single-use plastic straws in all its parks around the world, including Walt Disney World, to help protect the environment.

This is not an ambitious ambitious goal of the theme park. The Walt Disney Company has stated that all straws and plastic agitators would be gone by the middle of 2019, according to WFTV9. As you can probably imagine, the hyper-popular and busy parks sell a lot of drinks, and so many straws are thrown away. Disney says this initiative will reduce this waste of 175 million straws each year. Plastic straws are far from being the only plastic waste created in Disney theme parks, and to that end, Disney will also reduce the number of plastic bags in its parks and eliminate polystyrene cups (Styrofoam) in his activities. The company will also transition to refillable equipment in its many hotels and cruise ships. This will reduce plastics by 80% in the guest rooms.

This is a huge change for Walt Disney World and the other parks, but this is not surprising given the history and ethics of conservation. Obviously, the nature of the business is one where there is a lot of waste, but Disney has often taken steps to be more environmentally friendly. Driving in the parks now, you could see the mbadive solar field (in the form of a giant Giant Mickey hidden of course) that helps reduce the use of fossil fuels. Earlier this year, Disney announced the construction of a new solar field that will provide enough energy to power two of the four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort. One of these four theme parks is Disney's Animal Kingdom, which is essentially a giant monument encouraging conservation and using paper straws instead of plastics for years.

Now, as is the case for all major problems, no easy answers. This Disney decision is not a panacea and it has unintended consequences. Using paper straws or simply drinking the cup will be good for most people, but for people with disabilities who need a straw, a lot of environmentally friendly alternatives do not work for them for various reasons. So this move could have a negative impact on them. In addition, at the macro level, the complete elimination of plastic straws will make little difference in the amount of waste we put in the environment. It's more a symbolic change than a noun.

Even though the elimination of all the plastic straws in the world will not do much, the change has to start somewhere and the plastic straws are an entry door that people can easily to abandon. this could lead to bigger changes that will make bigger differences on the road. This Disney initiative will introduce people to an idea that people can take with them once they're gone.