WASHINGTON – When Jan Tievsky found out her daughter was engaged, she wasted no time planning a wedding that cut down on waste.

“Being as green as possible is important to us. It’s pretty much how we’ve always lived,” says Tievsky, a teacher and Northwest D.C. resident.

Tievsky and her daughter sat down and thought through all of the individual pieces of a wedding — from the invitations, to the dress to the food.

“We took every aspect and said,