As Europe’s top tourist destination, Disneyland Paris has spent years building a solid environmental strategy focused on five main pillars: emissions, water, materials and waste, sustainable construction, and biodiversity. Let’s look at how the destination is actually progressing toward its 2030 goals.
Cutting Our Emissions
When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, geothermal energy use since 2017, the massive solar canopy parking shade structure, and the recent addition of a thermofridgepump have successfully cut direct operational emissions by 16 percent between 2019 and 2025.
Geothermal energy currently covers 18 percent of the heating and hot water needs for both Disney Parks and the Disneyland Hotel every single year.
Smart Water Management
Disneyland Paris reduced its drinking water consumption by 15 percent between 2012 and 2025. Backstage, a wastewater treatment plant built in 2013 saves over 300,000 cubic meters of drinkable water annually. More recently, high-efficiency flush systems installed in park restrooms saved another 210,000 cubic meters of drinking water between 2023 and 2025.
Rainwater fills the massive body of water at Disney Adventure Bay. Meanwhile, smart soil sensors across Disney Adventure World and Disneyland Park help the horticulture teams precisely target plant irrigation.
Waste Reduction and Second Lives
Disneyland Paris keeps finding creative ways to reduce waste and push the circular economy forward. Take cast member costumes, for example: during 2024 and 2025, teams collected and recycled 31 tons of costumes into insulating felt. On top of that, the resort actively cuts down on household packaging and fights food waste across its buffets and restaurants.
Sustainable Construction
Sustainability shapes every recent major construction project around the resort. Two new backstage buildings recently earned official BREEAM certification for their stellar environmental performance—which measures everything from energy efficiency and water management to indoor air quality and waste processing.
Even the ride vehicles on Rapunzel Tangled Spin feature a clever braking energy recovery system that covers 7 percent of the attraction’s total energy needs.
Protecting Biodiversity
Teams across Disneyland Paris work daily to protect local ecosystems using gentle management techniques like eco-grazing, differential maintenance of green spaces, and the planting of wildflower meadows and conservation orchards.
As a major tourism leader, the resort also focuses heavily on inspiring guests, cast members, and local communities to care for our planet.
