How To Have A Sustainable Eco-friendly Wedding

It is no secret that weddings produce a lot of trash. With the pressure to have the ideal picturesque day, comes the need to purchase a large number of things to enhance the beauty of your wedding. Unfortunately, all of our wedding waste contributes to wider problems, such as expanding landfills and increased carbon emissions. As a millennial couple, you can discuss with the Indian wedding planner to find out ways how you can contribute in reducing the waste and making an environment friendly wedding. 

Ways to Make Your Wedding More Sustainable

Choose your location wisely

Since aeroplane and car pollution are among the leading causes of environmental harm, it is a good idea to consider how you and your guests can get to the wedding venue. A destination wedding necessitates a lot of flying, and a venue in a remote area necessitates a lot of driving. Take another look at the guest list to see which ones need the fewest flights and car journeys.

Potential wedding venues

Here is a questionnaire to ask your wedding location, but if you’re worried about the environmental effects of your big day, here are a couple more to consider: How can you get rid of food scraps? If you are catering the meal, where do you get your ingredients? What is your stance on plastic? What kind of cleaning supplies do you have on hand? Are you interested in any environmental or charitable initiatives?

Make your menu Eco-friendly

If the wedding meal is provided by the venue or you hire a separate team, you should be able to find a catering company with a sustainable ethos that sources organic, seasonal, fair-trade, and ethically raised products wherever possible.

Sustainable wedding cake

Incorporate seasonal fruits into the recipe by asking your baker to source organic, fresh, and fair-trade ingredients. A vegan alternative can have a lower impact on the environment relying on where the ingredients are sourced, and it is also a smart option to source recycled décor including ribbons and rustic log plinths. If you are going for destination wedding planners, they can have the contact of the bakers who can bake such wedding cakes. 

Request the florist to shop locally.

Your florist can be able to obtain locally grown flowers, consider seasonal substitutes, or provide live plants depending on the time of year. It’s also worth asking them what happens to the flowers after the wedding; they may be able to organise for them to be sent to a nearby hospital or hospice.

Use recycled décor in your ceremony and reception areas

Balloons and sky lanterns, as much as we love them, can be very detrimental to the atmosphere and local wildlife, relying on how they are disposed of. You should try to concentrate on recyclable or recycled products like glassware, bunting, macramé, ribbon, magazines, and antique candlesticks, some of which you can hire, for a more eco-friendly wedding.