Planet Green (#002)

Join the GREEN PARTY

Throwing a party? Make it environmentally friendly. Far too much waste in generated through-out leftovers and disposable party product.


1. DISPOSABLES - Instead of serving food and drinks in polystyrene or paper cups and plates, use ceramic, glass or melamine. This can be bought cheaply at a thrift store or even rented. Have someone with the washing up, and encourage party goers to wash their own dishes. Or hire the services of a caterer that takes all the dirty dishes back and off your hands.

2. FOOD -Instead of having barbecue, switch it to the healthier, fresh and safe food product that have less additives (try organic based product). To prevent food wastage, plan for 70 - 80 percent of the estimated turnout, and have takeaway bags ready for leftovers.

3. DECORATING - Make decorations from recycled materials such as used wrappers, fabric, leaves or flowers. Displaying children's crafts is a winner at children's parties.

4. ENTERTAINMENT - Screen an educational documentary on wildlife preservation, or an interesting video about you and your friends ( to refresh some memories together). For music, include local musicians, records or world music albums to keep cultural heritages alive.

5. LIGHTING - outdoor parties are cool as they can be held with natural light, while indoor ones you can use low-powered lighting such as LED, saving precious energy. projecting messages onto a plain background or screening patterns and photos saves material costs as well as the waste from banners. If you like candles, used soy-based ones which, unlike paraffin candles, emit very little carbon and soot.

6. RECYCLING - Provides boxes with labels for sorting and recycling, and another box or bucket for waste that can be composted.