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• Plan your menu around local, in-season food. The meal will taste fresh and clean, guests will get to experience local cuisine, and it will require less fossil fuel and energy to transport and store.

• Minimize trash like paper towels, paper cocktail napkins and foil wrappers, and make sure anything disposable can be recycled.

• Talk to your caterer about donating leftovers to a local food bank or City Harvest.

• If liability issues make donating leftovers impossible, send your staff and guests home with doggy bags. Trust us, they'll appreciate it!

Replace centerpieces with petite clay arrangements (this one is 4" x 5") as a green-chic alternative ($90; estiloweddings.com)

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