At Circle D Ranch, home to the four-legged cast members of the Disneyland Resort, more than 90 percent of waste collected is composted or recycled. Animal waste and bedding, and several other materials from throughout the Disneyland Resort including coffee grounds and filters from food and beverage locations, and laundry lint from Resort hotels are […]
More than 200 Disney VoluntEARS helped 7,000 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in Orange County learn about ways to help conserve the local water supply at the annual Children’s Water Education Festival that the Disneyland Resort sponsored at UC Irvine. In addition, Disney VoluntEARS helped restore a natural habitat at the Heritage Museum of Orange County […]
As a food and beverage manager in Cars Land, I’ve seen firsthand how our cast members have been inspired by the environmental programs of the Disneyland Resort, and how our team has influenced them! Programs like sorting food scraps for recycling into animal feed and reusing pickle buckets to collect and recycle coffee grounds […]
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Disneyland Hotel and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel each earned an environmentalist certification from the California Green Lodging program. The environmentalist certification represents the state’s top rating for travelers seeking green lodging, a recognition that fewer than one percent of Orange County hotels share. State auditors survey topics including water […]
As part of ongoing environmental stewardship efforts, the Disneyland Resort now offers 20 ChargePoint charging ports on the first level of the Mickey & Friends parking structure for guests with electric vehicles. To use the service, guests with a ChargePoint account simply scan their ChargePoint card. Those who need an account can easily register for […]
Bolsa Chica Conservancy in Huntington Beach received a $50,000 grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) and Disneyland Resort to help assess the health of local wetlands and address erosion in one of the area’s most important watersheds. The study will be conducted by a team including graduate students, science educators, volunteer naturalists and […]