Bengaluru doctor’s ‘zero waste wedding’ video is viral: Decorations with sugarcane, food served on banana leaves

Indian weddings, famed for their grandeur, have a hidden foe: Wastage. The bride shared how, on her mother’s advice, she made certain changes during her wedding, which helped her in minimising her carbon footprint. The image shows glimpses of a doctor’s ‘Zero waste wedding’. “I do not know if this is what experts would consider a zero waste wedding but we did not generate any plastic at the event and did everything we could to minimise our footprint It was only because of the cooperation of our families that my dream of a zero waste wedding was possible,” Dr Poorvi Bhat wrote. What are your thoughts on this bride’s efforts to create a “zero waste wedding”?