10 ideas that will turn your wedding environment friendly

Wedding is a person’s most special and most awaited day of life. Everyone aspires to have a great wedding whether it’s a destination one, a simple minimalistic one or an enormous one but i would like to spill some facts here, with the greatest it can also be the most wasteful one.  Each day around 400-600 pounds of trash are produced, which is a very huge number. The pressure of having a big fat wedding makes us forget how important it is to be environmentally conscious too. Eco-friendly weddings are becoming increasingly popular and have shown drastic increase in the following years. Planning an eco-friendly wedding is not at all difficult, that’s why we are here to assist you with it. 

WHAT IS A GREEN WEDDING?

A green wedding can be defined as an eco-friendly wedding which is elegant and the couple aims to not affect the environment by it. This can be done by managing the eco-friendly decorations, sustainable catering options, invitations and many more. As green weddings are becoming quite popular and that too a satisfying one indeed. One should definitely go for such weddings because by having a nice wedding, you are also contributing a huge part to the environment. 

If you wanna go for an elegant green wedding this year then we have a special guide for you. It is obvious that you can’t impact the environment just by a wedding but it can strike for it. Even if you choose one or two points from the listing, it would be enough for you to call it a green wedding.

10 WAYS TO PLAN AN ECO-FRIENDLY WEDDING

Here is the list of top 10 eco-friendly ideas that would help you in contributing to the environment while having a nice wedding.

1. Choose a sustainable venue

The first and the most convenient step towards an eco-friendly wedding is choosing a sustainable venue. While visiting venues, you must check if the venue is eco-friendly and has a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certifications. Many venues are going eco-friendly now so you do not have to be tensed for the style and ambience of the venue.

2. Go for eco-friendly invitations

There are many options available out there for eco-friendly invitations, so it will be convenient for you to choose whichever you prefer. The eco-friendly invitations are made from upcycled fabrics, wood, leather and recycled papers. Well some of the companies do more than just equipping, for example Botanical paperworks does the printing thing on seed-infused paper which can easily get converted into a flower. Not only this but there’s another brand Paper Culture, they plant a tree with every purchase of the customers and offer them 100% post recycled paper invitations.

3. Donate the leftovers

The most obvious thing about the wastes in weddings are the leftover foods and decors so instead of throwing it away, you should consider donating them but then if you get can’t do this because of the regulations then the alternative is to ask the guests to take the food home so in this case no food will be wasted. Not only this but all the beautiful decorations which are just used for one day and thrown away the next day, you can resell it somewhere or even facebook groups.

4. Choose an eco friendly dress

Obviously it’s your wedding day and you have to look good but that doesn’t mean that only non eco-friendly gowns will give you the glamour, some companies out there focus only on designing ethical, beautiful, and sustainable wedding gowns. Sanyukta Shrestha, Grace loves Race and Reformation Bridal are some of the best designers who design elegant gowns that are not just pretty but are also sustainable as they create their designs from eco-friendly fabrics and focus on ethical production.

5. Decorate the venue with upcycled items

Nowadays wedding decorations are too outdated, instead of this people should go for eco-friendly decorations which means upcycling the waste materials from your locality or somewhere else and moulding it into something beautiful, it will not only save the environment but will also save tons of your money. You can use tin cans, wine bottles and glass jars to create something enthralling. So instead of spending too much, why not create something from the leftovers and create less waste?

6. Rent your wedding flowers

Flowers are too costly nowadays and that too on a wedding day it can be very expensive, it looks alluring only for a couple of hours then shrinks only to go to trash. So the big amount of money that you put into buying flowers is of no use, instead of doing this rent your flowers from Something Borrowed Blooms. SBB offers a variety of flowers at affordable prices and you do not need to worry about the shipment too, they will deliver it very conveniently. By using this method, you can have an elegant wedding without even wasting any flowers.

7. Ditch using single-use straws

Abolish the use of single-use straws on your wedding as its very harmful for the environment. There are various alternatives to single-use straws such as metal straws, wheat straws, bamboo straws, silicon straws, reusable straws or plastic straws. These are the best biodegradable options which will help you and your guests in being extra eco-friendly.

8. Think twice before hiring someone

You need to be thoughtful about whom to hire as it leaves a great impact on you as well as the occasion. It can be quite difficult for you to hire the perfect vendor who is willing to work with you keeping in mind all the sustainable measures. It can be very convenient for you to work with an eco-conscious vendor so that you and him can share the same thoughts on everything and there won’t be any overlapping of thoughts. The coordination for the wedding planning would be amazing.

9. Make your menu eco-friendly

When the venue offers the wedding meal or if you are hiring another catering company then you need to focus if that catering company sources Fairtrade, local, or organic produced ingredients. You can also reduce the carbon footprint by arranging alcohol from local wineries, breweries and distilleries. Vegan menu would also be quite sustainable but it is not possible sometimes because people are fond of non-veg, so you can go for a 50% vegan and 50% non-veg menu.

10. Go for a sustainable wedding cake

Now it’s time for you to go for a sustainable cake. You can simply request your baker to use fairtrade, local and organic ingredients and incorporate seasonal fruits while making the cake. You can also go for a vegan option as discussed above that vegan has less impact on the environment as compared to other things. If you want to decorate the table or the cake then you can source some reusable stuffs like rustic log plinths and ribbons, etc.