Year after year, weddings are becoming bigger and grander, and people are leaving no stone unturned to make their main day a massive affair.?From exotic flowers to thermocol and plastic, an array of decorative items and of course, wedding cards, everything ends up in the trash, after a marriage is solemnised.
Keeping all of the waste in mind, Selvamathi Venkatesh, the special deputy collector in Kancheepuram and native of Tiruchy, decided to go green for her son's wedding.?
According to?The New Indian Express report,?Venkatesh chose handkerchiefs to print her son's wedding cards.?
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"Wedding cards are extremely expensive, and for what, they are thrown into the dumpster a day after the wedding. I always used to feel bad when I saw fancy wedding cards, as they serve no purpose," she told The New Indian Express.
She told the daily that the print will go away in two to three washes and the handkerchiefs are good as new, after that.?
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That's not all, she was also very mindful about the plastic waste and chose to keep only?steel tumblers, and provided cotton towels instead of paper napkins, for people to use.
The return gift was also environment-friendly - a cloth bag, two seed balls and a cotton towel.
"We got 2000 seed balls made for the guests. The seeds include those of vegetables, neem trees and teak trees. I wanted to spread awareness at least in my own family. We have printed how to plant the seed balls on the cover so that people don't throw it," adds Selvamathi.
If you're conscious about your environment and want to have a wedding that is friendly to mother nature, follow Selvamathi Venkatesh's example and you'll not only save the environment but also money in your wallet!?