PARIS: Disneyland Paris on Monday (Apr 15) announced a series of measures to make Europe's biggest private tourist attraction more environmentally friendly, including banning plastic straws.
It currently recycles paper, glass and 18 other types of materials accounting for around half of all its waste, a level it aims to increase to 60 per cent in 2020, said Nicole Ouimet-Herter, the park's environment manager.
Next week, shops in the park will stop handing out free plastic bags, offering instead the option of purchasing bags made of 80 per cent recycled plastic for €1 or €2 (US$1.13-US$2.26).
Euro Disney, the park's operator, said it was also planning to install solar panels on the sprawling 22 sq km site to get more power from renewables.
Currently, renewable energy sources account for only 10 per cent of the electricity used.