Environmentally friendly balloons? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by z00s@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi Lemmy,

I'm organising a funeral, and one of the ideas that has come up is for people to write memories on a balloon and let them go. However, I've also heard that they often end up in trees etc and are terrible for the environment.

Is there such a thing as environmentally safe balloons? Other suggestions are also welcome.

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 59 points 9 months ago

Alternative: plantable wildflower seed cards you can write on and then plant and grow flowers

[-] z00s@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

This is a great suggestion, thank you :)

[-] CulturedLout@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

Make sure they are native seeds for the area you're doing this in!

[-] r_thndr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago

But also be aware balloons can range for 100's of miles before they come down.

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