Green Tip #94: Disney World, Part 2!

Hello again! Happy Friday! Nope, the post-Disney enthusiasm is still hanging around! But that means I get to share with you another Disney-themed Green Tip! Without further ado!!! (shoot, even my ellipses are turning from three periods to three exclamation points)

One of the things that you'll notice about Disney World is that they maintain everything extremely meticulously. From the landscaping which seems so well groomed that you have to imagine someone getting there at 2 AM every morning just to cut each blade of grass with a nail clipper to the signs and attractions which are bright and shining every day. I've even heard that the brass on the carousel at the Magic Kingdom is hand polished every night after the park closes! That's dedication!

And Disney parks also have a surprising small amount of litter on the ground as well. Surprisingly little as in none at all. This is naturally very good for the environment that this garbage isn't being put into waterways for manatees to choke on, but how do they do it? Sure you do see a few janitorial cast members walking around, but not as many as you'd think would be necessary to keep parks that size clean. I've got a few theories.

Trained Birds
I have heard of studies being conducted to train crows to pick up trash and when they drop it off in a special garbage can, they are rewarded with some crow food. And this does sound like something that Disney would do...

Robot Birds
Think trained birds except replace 'trained' with 'programmed.'

Subliminal Messaging
It's entirely possible that Disney emits frequencies that are too high for the human ear to hear yet make the person be unable to throw trash on to the ground without suffering horrible, horrible guilt that can only be assuaged from buying souvenirs from one of the gift stores.

Time Manipulation
While this may be mere speculation, what if Disney cast members are able to stop time temporarily and during that time they walk around the park and clean up all of the trash? That way they'd only need to have one or two people to clean the entire place. The few people you see walking around with brooms and dustpans would be for show, of course. They don't want people catching on to their time manipulation technology.

Anyway, those are just my theories. The world may never know how they keep their parks so clean. Don't forget to check in tomorrow to see the results from the next tournament match up!!