Six Flags Great Adventure

Park Description
With twenty locations across the United States, Six Flag draws a family-filled crowd of thousands each day.  The theme park is open daily as well as a drive-through wild animal safari at their Jackson, NJ location where you and your little ones can check out a variety of animals including monkeys, giraffes, and lions.  The park also hosts festive events throughout the year, and provides numerous dining options.  With the growing popularity of their theme park franchise, Six Flags has allocated some of their spending to go green.

Green Scene
Although the shifts they are making are under the radar, Six Flags is taking the initiative to change things in their theme parks across the country to be more conscious of the environment and the effects their park may be having on it.  First, a plant-based memory-foam Ecomfort mattresses were placed in the bedrooms of their resort locations.  (The Great Escape Theme Park and Water Resort Lodge in Lake George, New York will be receiving 450 new mattresses in over 200 rooms.)  Management in the resorts are also being mindful of thermostat use, utilizing a towel reuse program, and are implementing the use of green cleaning products.  The silverware is even made from corn-based materials, making it fully biodegradable.  Six Flags has also committed to reduce energy consumption by switching to diesel-powered trains in four of their parks (with fuel coming from kitchen vegetable oil) as well as replacing older vehicles with updated, more fuel-efficient vehicles.  They have also lit the parks with LED lamps and have chosen EPA Green Power Partner to purchase New York State wind energy.  In addition, they have partnered with Perf Go Green to use biodegradable trash bags in trash cans across the parks.  Six Flags also works with Coca-Cola to place recycling bins on park grounds in an effort to collect paper, glass, plastic, and aluminum cans.  They also have water saving faucets in the bathrooms and low-water plants to save water.  In the works are plans for installing solar arrays, but no confirmation of this has been made yet.

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