plan your green wedding at recycledbride.com!!

Posted by Alicia Silverstone on May 5, 2010

RecycledBride.com is the world's first eco-resale wedding marketplace. Most of the wedding dresses on Recycled Bride are at least half the retail price -- and it's a greener choice than buying a newly produced, manufactured, and transported dress.   

They connect buyers and sellers of pre-owned wedding items -- wedding dresses, accessories, bridesmaids shoes, décor... Anything you need for your big day. They don't charge any listing fees or commissions, so it's completely free for brides to buy and sell.   RecycledBride.com also provides their users with information about the environmental, social, and financial benefits of resale. Additionally, the site donates 15% of all advertising revenue to Global Green USA which is pretty cool!!    

Here are some words from Tracy DiNunzio, the founder of RecycledBride.com, on how she was inspired to start this company:  

“I was inspired to start Recycled Bride because I was surprised by the amount of waste generated by my own wedding and friends' weddings, and I felt that there should be more resource-sharing platforms for brides so that we could all support each other and the environment while planning our celebrations.   

A wedding is the only day in our lives that we buy oodles of single-use products, and may not consider the resources and energy that are used to create them. A wedding dress, for example, usually makes its way through a chemical dyeing process and is transported to three different countries before arriving on the sales floor. Once all of those resources are spent making your dress, and you’ve spent thousands to buy it, have it tailored, and get the perfect matching shoes and accessories, you wear all of it only once. You wouldn’t buy a car and drive it one time. So why do that with other expensive, energy-intensive items on your wedding day? And with 2.4 million weddings in the U.S. every year, wouldn't it be nice to be a part of reducing our collective bridal carbon footprint?”

If you want more tips on how to plan a kind wedding, take a look at Lindsay Wolf’s blog about her wedding, and about mine.

And for those ladies out there who are planning a wedding... Let me know what you find at RecycledBride.com!

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Veronica Williams
May 7, 2010
16

Oh, this is so great! Thanks to everyone for all the links and info... this site is great! I am planning a vegan wedding myself at the moment, but it won't be until next year! My fiance and I are doing all vegan food (still looking into caterers), despite many eye rolls and snickers from our non-vegan family members. We will be using second hand mis-matched plates and silverware that we're collecting and vintage vases and jars for centerpieces. For flowers we're thinking of ordering a whole bunch from an organic florist and then supplementing with wildflowers. It's a lot of work, but I think it's a great opportunity to show everyone how elegant and delicious green living can be!

Mallory, all your ideas are great! Good luck with everything, and congratulations!

Thanks everyone :)

jonipink
May 7, 2010
17

Brilliant! I wish I could have planned my wedding with you when I was married! That was almost 9 years ago and the day before digital photography was invented! Best of luck to you.

Cathryn Kaye
May 7, 2010
18

Must tell you all about my favorite blog site for fun style info ... check out www./secondstoryview.com/ so many fresh ideas! I visit daily and have found wonderful thoughtful gifts and ideas ....

Cathryn Kaye
May 7, 2010
19

Typo alert -- let me try that post again:
Must tell you all about a favorite blog site for fun style info ... check out www.secondstoryview.com so many fresh ideas! I visit daily and have found wonderful thoughtful gifts and ideas ....

maraalysha
May 17, 2010
20

Thanks Alicia for letting us know about this great site! :-)

I can't wait to have some more free time to check it out further.....

Jackie Fider
Jun 4, 2010
21

We are planning to get married this dec. and i'll share it with him. Thank you so much for this great site. love it!!

Nicole DAndrea
Sep 3, 2010
22

Good idea for my future wedding ;)

Jennifer Benitez
Nov 9, 2010
23

I'm getting married this March and just found out about this site! I've been searching for shoes so hopefully I can find some nice vegan wedding shoes here.

Thanks!

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