A wedding is a one-time event and everyone from the couple to the relatives eagerly wait for this day. From the food menu to the decorations – there are many ways that a big fat wedding is environmentally hazardous. To do your part towards the planet, you can host an eco-friendly wedding.
Some of the tips are mentioned below:
Recycled Invitation card
Either use recycled paper for your wedding invitation card use. Or use seed papers as an invitation card so that the friends and relatives can grow plants easily at their house.
Be Digital
If your friends and relatives are ok then don’t think of seed papers or recycled papers, simply opt for an e-mail. Many of your cousins or family members may follow this step of e-invitation after you start the trend.
Green Venue
Choose a wedding venue that is a farmhouse or lavish garden where the beautiful plants and trees are the prime attractions. The giant trees can be used to hand eco-friendly lamps too.
Wedding cutlery
People wait to enjoy lavish food at the wedding. You all will agree that food is one of the prime attractions of any wedding. Therefore, if you are planning an eco-friendly wedding, then, give special attention to cutlery items. You can use banana leaves plates, bamboo leaves plates, or Sal leaves plates. They will reduce environmental degradation.
Photo Booth of Vertical Garden
People dress up beautifully for a wedding and wait to take pictures to flood their social media handles. Thus, keeping a photo both will be essential. Create a vertical garden using shelves or shoe racks and that will work as an amazing backdrop for photographs.
Natural Lighting
If there is no such ritual of “auspicious time” at your wedding, then, arrange the wedding occasion in a garden or farmhouse or somewhere outside so that you can use only natural lighting. This will save a lot of money and energy and save the environment.
Separate Trash Bins
The amount of wastage and mess is quite high at weddings. So, make sure you keep as many trash bins as possible. And also keep the wet waste and dry waste separate to reduce further environmental degradation.
Centrepieces & Chandeliers
There are various beautiful succulents that you can use as table centrepieces instead of plastic flowers. Instead of chandeliers use air plants, hanging plants, or hanging terrariums to deck up your wedding space.
Giveaway plants
As a return gift for your friends and relatives, you can plan to give Bonsai or air-purifying plants.
Local Organic Veggies
Use locally grown organic vegetables to promote a healthier lifestyle. Also, the local farmers will get a push if you use them in your wedding menu. Plus, there will be hardly any motor vehicle hazard used in the transportation of imported vegetables from other locations.
