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Disney is making efforts to move in a more environmentally-friendly direction.
Epcot Reusable Shopping Bags
They have done this, for instance, by switching to paper straws in the parks and by introducing reusable shopping bags over the past several months. A more recent development, however, is that Disney has just started to add refillable water bottle stations to a few locations. [Read more…]
Greetings from Epcot! Between enjoying the Flower and Garden Festival, seeing construction progress (on SO many projects), finding new paper straws, menu updates, and so much new merchandise… well, we were pretty busy!
Hello from Epcot!
Let’s start our update in the parking lot this week.
As Disney moves forward in eliminating the waste from single-use plastics across the company’s worldwide destinations, we’re noticing more and more changes around the Walt Disney World parks and resorts as part of the initiative.
Epcot Reusable Shopping Bags
Just yesterday, we talked about the transition from plastic to paper straws currently taking place at Counter Service restaurants in Magic Kingdom. And today we’re scoping out the straw scene in Epcot, where similar swaps are underway. [Read more…]
The Magic Kingdom is hoppin’! Before we even got into the park we saw construction and changes at the parking lot trams, then spotted MORE construction updates around Cinderella Castle and on the new Tron attraction. And that’s all before we checked on the park-wide transition to paper straws, noticed the return of the Mickey sippers, and checked out a ton of new merchandise…
Hello from the Magic Kingdom
Catch up on all of the changes, updates, and new things to buy right here!
Disney destinations around the globe are continuing in efforts towards reducing plastic waste by eliminating single-use plastics such as bags, lids, and straws.
Magic Kingdom Reusable Shopping Bags
Today we’re checking in on the transition in Magic Kingdom where paper straws are now available (as opposed to plastic) in several Counter Service locations around the park. [Read more…]
For about a year now Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company have been operating Joffrey’s Mobile Coffee Trucks in front of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
The coffee trucks were very well received with guests, athletes, and spectators enjoying the selection of coffee options.
Disney has been taking a large number of initiatives to become a more environmentally friendly company. A big way they have done this is by trading in plastic straws for paper straws. And today we spotted paper straws at a Starbucks in Disneyland! SO… we can go ahead and add Starbs to the list of growing eco-friendly straw locations!
Starbucks Paper Straws
Paper straws and reusable shopping bags are two changes that Disney has made as they progress toward their goal of no single-use plastics in the parks in 2019.
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