8 Ideas For A Sustainable, Plastic-Free Party

Celebrating without plastic is easy! Regardless of whether you are a host or a guest:  you can do without a lot of plastic waste at parties and thus celebrate sustainably.  Because after beach and garden parties or just after having a barbecue, a lot of plastic waste is usually left behind. Now transfer your plastic-free life to the party. Today you have 10 plastic-free party ideas that are easy to implement and don’t take a lot of time. Here we go!

1. BRING A WOODEN AND SUGAR CANE PLATE OR BRING YOURS WITH

It’s super easy! She quickly took the plate from the kitchen and packed it up. Much less trash is left at your party. And if your guests don’t want to take the party with them, then the party can still be sustainable. Provide a little more dishes from your kitchen or offer sustainable disposable plates from Papstar. The dishes are made of sugar cane or wood, for example. Since 121 cubic meters of wood grow back every year and only 76 cubic meters of wood are felled, the party is sustainable and plastic-free despite the garbage that is generated. Here are two recommendations:

View square plates (20 x 20 cm) made of sugar cane

View round plates (23 cm) made of sugar cane

2. STAINLESS STEEL & PAPER STRAWS OR OMIT THEM ENTIRELY 

Does it look cool drinking from a straw? If your answer is yes, then you should at least switch from plastic straws to sustainable paper, glass, or stainless steel straws for a plastic-free party. Because straws are usually only used once, they make way too much plastic waste. If you  need straws for your party,  I will give you three recommendations for a plastic-free party  with  paper, glass, or stainless steel straws:

View 100 colored paper straws

View 5 glass straws with 2 cleaning brushes

8 steel straws stainless steel  with 2 cleaning brushes

3. OFFER SUSTAINABLE PARTY CUTLERY OR SNACKS THAT DO NOT NEED CUTLERY!

You can celebrate the party without plastic even more sustainably by offering only snacks that do not require silverware (garlic bread, pizza slices, etc.) or by offering sustainable silverware. As with the plates, there are also plastic-free spoons, forks, and other items made from sustainable wood. There are also sustainable finger food bowls. So there is no plastic waste and it shows how easy it is to celebrate sustainably. The following suggestions for your party’s silverware:

Get 100 Disposable Wooden Knives Now

See 100 Disposable Wooden Forks Here

All 100 Disposable Wooden Spoons Are Available Here

See 50 Snack Food Bowls (“Canisters”)

See stainless steel cutlery set (ideal for outdoor use)

4. USE REUSABLE STAINLESS STEEL ICE CUBES FOR COCKTAILS!

Stainless Steel Ice Cubes are particularly cool for whiskey drinkers but are also wonderfully suited for cocktails and company. Just put them in the freezer. The ice cube alternative is hygienically harmless and takes a long time to cool.

View 8 reusable stainless steel ice cubes with tongs

5. BRING YOUR CUPS, BOTTLE, GLASSES, AND CUPS WITH

There are also two variants of the drinks to celebrate the party in the most sustainable way possible. Anyone who lives sustainably has their bottle with them anyway. So why not bring your bottle to the party? As with the plates, I recommend everyone to bring their cups, bowls, etc. for a sustainable party. As a general rule, everyone brings something to drink, so why not cups, bowls, etc.? If you provide drinks yourself, a glass drink dispenser is also really great for avoiding plastic waste! If you don’t want to do without disposable cups, you can still guarantee a sustainable party: Papstar offers drink cups made from biodegradable polylactic acids (bioplastic PLA). And the coffee spoon is also sustainably made from birch wood.

See 70 drinking glasses PLS (polylactic acid, bioplastic)

100 birch wood coffee spoons, unbleached and unbreakable

See 5 stainless steel glasses for your party

See glass drink dispenser

6. OFFER NAPKINS PAPER  OR REUSABLE NAPKINS!

Depending on the type of party, napkins are essential. Paper napkins are fine, but they are usually also packaged in plastic and therefore not as wonderfully sustainable as, for example, reusable cloth napkins made from linen. Visually fresh, easy to wash, and can be used over and over again.

View 50 Papstar Paper Napkins

View 6 Reusable Linen Napkins

7.  PLACE ENOUGH GARBAGE BINS

Even if it is a sustainable party, there is still trash. Wooden cutlery and the like are not plastic waste, they must be disposed of. So be sure to put enough bins everywhere and immediately separate plastic waste and compost from each other. In this way, you prevent the waste produced from ending up in the environment and you can continue to celebrate sustainably.

8. DUTCH OVEN OR CHARCOAL GRILL INSTEAD OF DISPOSABLE GRILL!

The disposable grill immediately produces plastic waste and is anything but sustainable. The barbecue party is much cooler with a charcoal grill or  Dutch oven. The Dutch oven is made of cast iron and can be used immediately after it has been placed on the coals. The lid can also serve as a frying pan. The best way to get charcoal is from the local market.

View 814 Person Dutch oven

View Dutch oven Lid Lifter

CELEBRATE WITHOUT PLASTIC IS IT POSSIBLE?

Yes, it works. And that in a sustainable way and without any additional cost of time! Simply replace everything that normally produces plastic waste at a party with sustainable items or items that you have brought with you, such as plates, silverware.