Abstract
Disney cruise line environmental management. Part I: environmental policy and waste management on cruise itineraries
Highlights
Over the years, environmental issues have become a responsibility embraced by all people with an ecological consciousness, which led to a concerted worldwide effort
The purpose of this complex paper is to present the cruise ships’ environmental impact prevention methods, by analysing the environmental policies and the main processes for dealing with the generated gaseous, liquid and solid waste; the study will focus on the Disney Cruise Line (DCL) company, one of the world’s leaders in entertainment, known as one of the market’s most environmentally-friendly players
The following potentially-polluting elements and activities, which can be considered to be pollution indicators, are strictly regulated by the DCL company in order to ensure that their environmental impact is as low as possible: discharging water and bio-residue from the purification system; unloading treated bilge water; discharging ballast water; incineration; cleaning the incinerator chimney; incinerator ash; alkaline batteries; ship painting and polishing; used fuel; fuel emissions; opacity; washing the ship and the ship bridge; unloading food waste; unloading pool and spa water; fireworks
Summary
Environmental issues have become a responsibility embraced by all people with an ecological consciousness, which led to a concerted worldwide effort. One of the key environmental policy objectives is the concept of sustainable development, which is a true transversal policy that embraces all other community policies, underlining the need for integrating environmental protection requirements into the definition and implementation of all global policies. Being responsible when it comes to environmental protection is key in creating an impeccable reputation and an outstanding trading value. The present paper, as the first part of a complex three-piece original work, presents in a straight forward manner the environmental policies of the Disney Cruise Line (DCL) company, as well as the cruise itinerary waste management plans for the company’s ships. The paper is based on the analysis of the work carried out by the in-house environmental personnel, the company’s internal regulations, as well as the data and field observations collected by the environmental protection staff
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