All you need to know to host an Eco-friendly Wedding
With the rise in alarming situations of climate change, it is important we move everything to primitive measures; even our weddings! If you are a couple having your wedding in the near future, we believe, you must opt for a green wedding.
There are numerous reasons why you should plan a green wedding that not only cuts down the waste but feels airy and smooth on your pocket. Annually recorded, the Waste Generation of India estimates about $14 billion US dollars of food wastage in India for weddings, 2019 report.
And to curb these effects down, we have created a list of how you can host an eco-friendly wedding, enjoying all the shenanigans and still not causing harm to the environment.
1. Make it an intimate galère
Make your wedding an intimate and personal affair with just the people who have been beside you through all times.
Plan a wedding celebration by inviting only friends and close relatives, or so to speak, people belonging to the first inner circle in your relationships.
2. Zero-waste Invitations
The idea of keeping aside paper invitations is the solution. Ditch the conventional wedding cards completely, and go for some quirky & customised e-invitation cards by WedNicely.
This way you would hit 2 targets with a single bow — saving nature and leaving everyone in amazement to see your personal touch imbued.
3. Book Outdoors
Having an open space wedding is a mesmerising option to consider for the fact you’ll be surrounded with lush greens, airy blows, and the freshness of nature. And consequently, you’ll be saving up the energy that is required to light the inside space.
Another benefit of hosting an open space eco-friendly wedding is you can maintain the social distancing norms effectively, and your guests will also love the environment that does not feel packed inside a box.
Also, consider planning your wedding and other events in the daytime, thereby reducing the need for artificial lighting of the place.
4. Wedding favours that are special
A great takeaway from Anushka and Virat’s wedding in consideration of eco-friendly weddings is favouring guests with plants tagged with the invitation. You can also consider this verdant way of hiding your invitation inside the foliage.
This is definitely a thoughtful idea of letting your love grow and spread into your guest’s houses, and then also receiving it back as you and the sapling grow into a lush green tree for fruition.
5. Use Kegs for your Pegs
Considering kegs in lieu of bottles for serving drinks can effectively cut down the usage of use-and-throw items. You can ask your guests to only have one glass or a cup at their disposal for one kind of drink.
Do not let the vendor bring or suggest plastic cups, instead use reusable glass or paper options.
6. Mindful segregation of waste
It seldom happens when we are cutting down all the harmful waste; there’s always something that is not reusable, but recyclable. This situation can be handled by segregating waste disposals into different categories.
These categories can be biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste or based on the material of containers used like paper, organic, metal, glass, or plastic.
Additionally, you can refer to some examples on the bin so that guests feel more guided, and they navigate their hands to the right bins for the right disposals.
7. Ornaments that are excavated ethically
This might be too much for some of the couples, but if you are genuinely going for an eco-friendly wedding you can mark this as important.
Here, choosing not to go for precious ornaments made up of diamonds you are not only cutting off the demand but saving nature to not even excavate for it, thereby reducing deforestation.
Or for a better option, as WedNicely would suggest is — go for vintage rings or estate jewellery or a pass down option instead of buying everything new.
8. Donate the Leftovers
Hosting an eco-friendly wedding is not just about preparations before and during the wedding, but also considering post-wedding measures. We are aware of the fact that food prepared is more than the guests actually having it.
Therefore, a lot of food gets wasted and goes to bins. Call an NGO, who would pick up the extra food at your wedding which can bring a smile on a child's face tasting those lip-smacking dishes.
So, you are not just conducting a green eco-friendly wedding but also adding a good deed in your ‘Being grateful’ jar.
An eco-friendly wedding has now become the need of the hour to reduce the burden on an already deteriorating environment. However, when you have organised a green wedding you will have a sense of relief for the fact you have not caused harm to the environment.
Hosting an eco-friendly wedding is a challenge, but with conscious thinking and actions, you can have a great wedding!