About Us
A better, smarter way to do bridal.
Recycled Bride is a free marketplace for eco-savvy brides and their friends. Members recycle everything from designer wedding gowns to table decorations, bridesmaids dresses, shoes, and even wedding gifts. If you have ever been part of a wedding, or plan to be, buying and selling on Recycled Bride helps minimize your carbon footprint and maximize your budget.
Recycled Bride is free and easy to use for both buyers and sellers, with twelve different categories of wedding-related items to choose from. Sellers can sign up to create ads for their items in just moments, and interested buyers will being contacting them immediately through Recycled Bride’s secure e-mailing system. Buyers who wish to receive e-mail alerts about products they’re interested in sign up for our personalized e-mail alerts, plus they can store and share their favorites right in their account.
Recycled Bride was founded in 2008 by Tracy DiNunzio, and is based in Santa Monica, California. An eco-conscious business, Recycled Bride donates a portion of its advertising revenue to Global Green USA.
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How much effect might we have on the environment if more people participated in wedding recycling? Take a look at these mind-blowing wedding stats and see for yourself.
Mind-blowing Wedding Stats
- There are about 2.5 million weddings every year in the United States.
- The average wedding budget is estimated to be $20,000.
- About $70 billion is spent on weddings every year in the U.S.
- The average wedding has 175 invited guests.
- A newly married couple’s average income is $55,000 annually.
- $19 billion per year is spent on wedding gift registries
- Average amount spent on wedding attire: $2,608.
- The most frequent number of bridesmaids is 4, including the maid of honor. That’s 8.8 million bridesmaids dresses!
Source: US Census and the Bridal Association of America
About Tracy
Recycled Bride founder Tracy DiNunzio is an artist and writer who created Recycled Bride after her own wedding in 2008, when she realized that she was not alone in having a closet full of wedding decorations, unopened gifts, bridesmaids gowns, and wedding dresses. (Three of them, actually. But that’s another story.)
Tracy is also the voice of the RB Blog, where she writes about relationships, lifestyle, and of course—weddings. She is committed to making Recycled Bride and the RB Blog the most up-to-date, useful tools available for brides planning practical, stylish, eco-friendly weddings—and happily-ever-afters too.
