Confetti and Balloons

I went to a wedding a few years ago,the couple were married in the gardens of the place where they bhad their reception and the staff came around and handed everyone little bags of enviromentally friendly confetti ,we were also told that the birds could eat it safely. It has been quite a few years now that canfetti has been banned and i agree with one of your other responses that it is the mess that it makes,but gosh the churches charge enough i think they could clean up a bit of confetti. You have a very good point about the ballons ,i have never thought about that before but i will in the future

i never thought that government could care about confetti being thrown on weddings, because most of these places are private and will be cleaned by the rented place and i don't think goverment will do the honor of cleaning it for the couple. i wonder where balloons go too...

I have great difficulty understanding the need for all these balloons to be let go (and where they eventually end up) My daughter is getting married on the beach next year, and I have been drying my rose petals to use on the day, but it will be used only on the grass area and that is fair enough! But there are rules that don't make sense to me as the balloon "letting go" is doing more damage than good and yet it still continues. My other query would be what are all these fireworks doing, are they a concern as well?

I was told you couldnt throw it because it made to much mess. maybe people should throw it when they leave the recepition. goverment only care about them self anyways.

im glad people are actually thinking about it and they arent throwing confetti and rice at weddings because it kills the birds. now they throw bird seed. now why they never stopped think about balloons and such is beyond me. im not sure what could be used to decorate that is safe in place of balloons...