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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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[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you mean the floating lanterns they're usually made with wire and are a hazard to wildlife and domestic animals, as well as creating litter.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

They may be made entirely of wood and paper, but as pointed out, fire hazard is still a thing