Europa-Park is also a sustainability pioneer in its F&B departments. Germany’s largest theme park only uses reusable cups. This means that the obligation for restaurants, bistros and cafés to offer both disposable and reusable options is not only being met. Europa-Park is doing more than it has to, concludes the trade supervisory authority. The measure has already saved an estimated two tonnes of waste in the first six weeks, which would otherwise have been generated by disposable cups.

In addition, waste is avoided wherever possible. “Honey and jam are only served without packaging at hotel breakfasts, and we generally do not use small packages,” explains Claudia Weck, Project Manager Food and Beverage (F&B). Strict attention is also paid to ensuring that hardly any food is thrown away. Regionality is another focus: more than 80 per cent of the food offered at the breakfast buffets, for example, comes from regional suppliers.