The wedding industry is also capable of producing a lot of waste, so the question of how to hold a more environmentally friendly wedding is becoming more and more relevant in the world?

We live in a time when we are called to care much more about preserving nature and to introduce habits that would reduce both pollution and waste. People sort waste more and more often, turn to less waste (less waste) or zero waste (waste-free) lifestyle, choose ecological products and do other everyday choices that help nature.

“No” to foam oases

One way to make greener choices on your wedding day is to cooperate with service providers who pay increased attention to this issue.

For example, if you want your wedding not to cause additional damage to the environment, it is important choose a florist who not only creates beautiful flower arrangements, but also pays attention to ecological ones solutions in their creation, without choosing foam oases, which are not only non-biodegradable, but also made of many toxic chemicals and are carcinogenic.

Foam oases are a major problem in the floristic industry worldwide. During the last years trend various flower installations have become, therefore foam oases are used more than ever. However, more and more florists and their customers are also starting to think about the dark side of this product and the damage it can do harm both the environment and people, so they choose to create fantastic flower compositions without using oases.

Find more about florist services here: WEDDING FLORISTICS

Sustainable, environmentally friendly thinking

When organizing a wedding, sustainable thinking in environmental issues should be started by discussing it with your family service providers.

If you have decided to involve a wedding organizer in the organization of the wedding, then you should choose one that has already planned a more environmentally friendly wedding. If the wedding is planned by the young couple themselves, then when meeting with potential service providers should be asked what environmental practices they have in their business introduced. Most of all, this applies to the choice of the venue and caterers. It would be necessary to find out whether it is possible sorted waste, maybe even made compost, choose local and ecologically grown produce, etc.

Hire a decorator instead of decorating yourself

Another way to reduce waste at your wedding is to hire a decorator instead of decorating everything ourselves. In this way, after the wedding, you will not have to throw away many things bought only for the specific day, because the decorator will use them again. If the couple has decided to decorate the wedding themselves, then they should choose the option the necessary decorations, tablecloths, strings of lights and other things should be rented instead of bought if they are not intended use again.

Of course, when choosing a decorator, it is also worth discussing environmentally friendly solutions, for example instead of harmful paraffin candles, choose natural soy candles.

Also, no matter how impressive the many helium balloons look, you should always ask the question is whether you really need them. If you do want them, you definitely shouldn't blow them up (just like light lanterns), because, as you already know, in the end, all these balloons probably end up somewhere in nature and oceans.

Find more about wedding decorators here: WEDDING AGENCIES AND WEDDING ORGANIZERS

Confetti - dried petals

Just because you want to make your wedding more environmentally friendly doesn't mean you have to give up your wishes. If you want to be showered with confetti after the wedding ceremony, then you don't have to give up on this idea, but choose not plastic or even paper confetti (especially if the wedding ceremony takes place outdoors), but such as dried petals.

In addition, if you make this decision in time, you can save them for several years, using flowers given by the groom.

Author of the article: LIENE PÄLĆA

PHOTO: ANNIJA VELDRE, KRISTA BUMBIERE , GIRTS RAGELIS , LINDA LAUVA

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