Some tips from the Canadian newspaper Tandem on how to reduce waste on your big day:

• • Set up a web site and invite people electronically before printing up paper invitations.
• • Go digital for your wedding pics.
• • Choose a menu that features local food that's in season (and organic wine to go with it!).
• • Look for a vintage or hand-me-down gown instead of buying new.
• • Select reusable suits and gowns for your wedding party.
• • Ask for charitable donations instead of china you'll never use.

And the list goes on.  E-mail invitations, expensive organic food, hand-me-down clothes and no wedding gifts?  Can't having an eco-friendly wedding be a little less... painful?

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