Earth-Friendly Wedding

We are making every effort to ensure Becky and Stephen's wedding is as kind to the environment as possible.  No fossil fuels used; no animal testing; all flowers were grown in the earth; all paper for invitations, programs, and place cards is recycled -- made from real trees; all musicians are local and carpooling to the reception; all food is local except for the Chilean Sea Bass and they are actually swimming from Chile so they do not have to be transported.

However, there is one area that concerns me greatly:

  Styrofoam peanuts.

Every wedding gift that arrives for Becky and Stephen comes packed in at least three cubic feet of styrofoam peanuts.  

I cannot bear to throw the peanuts into the trash for fear they will end up in some landfill for eternity or floating in the ocean where they could be ingested by our Chilean Sea Bass swimming their way north for the big day.

We are accumulating millions of styrofoam peanuts.  They have filled Becky's room, oozed out into the hallway and are making their way into Julie's room.  Before May 17th they will surely fill the entire second floor of our home.

I'm thinking maybe...

Cancel the rose petals that will line the aisle at the wedding and replace them with styrofoam peanuts...

Put a peanut on the tip of the heel of each lady guest's shoe so it doesn't sink into the grass...

Fill each goody bag for hotel guests with "peanuts" for munching in the room...

Fill the A-1 Limo buses with peanuts and let the out-of-town guests drive themselves to the wedding...

Any other ideas?

It's not easy being green.