From beginning to end, your wedding day is full of sweet, special moments. The last special moment you’ll have is your send-off as you and your new spouse leave the venue to start your married life together. There are lots of options to have a fun send-off, but many of them are bad for our planet, such as single-use sparklers that don’t easily recycle. Thankfully, there are plenty of easy eco-friendly wedding send-off ideas that you can consider. We’ve listed our top three below.
Ribbon Wands
Ribbon wands have a lot to offer for your wedding send-off. They add beautiful color to the special scene, provide great movement for pictures and video, and can double as wedding favors. Eco-friendly wedding favors are one of the 2023 wedding trends that are in, which means you can participate in a big trend with very little effort. Simply purchase or make the ribbon wands in the color(s) of your choice and have someone pass them out before you walk out the door.
Rice or Birdseed
One of the classic wedding send-off props is throwing rice or birdseed. Both are eco-friendly options since animals, especially birds, will come to eat the leftovers. People often wonder if these are safe dietary options for animals, though. You probably heard that throwing rice was once more popular than throwing birdseed, but this practice started to decrease in the 1980s. Some rumors spread that rice could explode during a bird’s digestion, so some areas banned rice throwing at weddings. This rumor isn’t true, but birdseed does offer more nutrition for our feathered friends than rice does, so it’s still the better option of the two. Whichever you pick, throwing grains like rice and seeds symbolizes fertility, luck, and joy, which lots of people want on their big day.
Flower Petals, Herbs, or Leaves
Many people want their guests to throw something for their exit, which ribbon wands don’t provide, but they want something more colorful than rice or birdseed. Unfortunately, this leads many people to toss items such as glitter, which isn’t eco-friendly. The science behind glitter and what it’s made of teaches us that glitter is mostly plastic. In fact, it’s a microplastic, which we can’t effectively filter out of soil and water. Fortunately, there are many eco-friendly glitter alternatives, such as mica powder, although mica powder can be messy. If you prefer a cleaner send-off, you can throw flower petals, herbs, or leaves.
These three wedding send-off ideas allow you to easily provide an eco-friendly experience for your guests and venue. You’ll get sent off in style without worrying about hurting the planet or leaving anything behind. Instead, you can focus on your future with your spouse, which is exactly what a send-off is all about.
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