Thursday, August 26, 2010

Earth Friendly Gown Shopping

If you are planning a wedding you may have begun to worry about the Earth friendliness of such events. After all, you have probably been using a lot of different papers that are not usually recycled (or made from recycled materials), and you are probably well aware of the many resources about to be consumed in everything from your bridal shower right through to the breakfast on the morning after the wedding is done. A single reception can see a huge amount of food waste as well as the creation of full dumpsters of garbage. This is the less pleasant side of weddings and all of their associated activities, but even with tiny steps a couple can dramatically reduce the amount of waste produced by their special event.As an example, if the couple makes a regular habit of recycling and worries about energy consumption they might not be able to enjoy that much control over a lot of the issues connected to their wedding, but with a bit of thought and effort they can make “greener” shopping choices as much as possible. For example, just consider the different places that a bride can look for wedding gowns. If she has decided to purchase a flower girl’s dress online (which many brides will opt to do) she can begin reducing the effects of the wedding by choosing a company with some green policies.

For instance, one popular wedding gear website has a “green promise” that indicates how they use packing materials that are made from 100% recycled materials – including tissue paper and packing boxes. The same group also indicates that the fabric treatments or cleaners used on the garments they sell are also as Earth friendly as possible too.

Lots of brides and grooms are concerned about the impact of their wedding and will make every imaginable effort to find methods of reducing waste or reusing purchased items. This is another reason to find a vendor of flower girl dresses with options for both simple and fancier garments. This is because a concerned site will offer up details about methods of reusing the garments purchased. They might explain that a plainer dress made from cotton materials could be easily dyed and worn again, or the same site might give a helpful article or two about ways to recycle dresses through such activities as tea parties, dress up kits, plays, Halloween activities, and more.

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