Taranta Blog

Some Boston Restaurants Going Green – WBZTV – Project Mass

When you think about going out to eat, thoughts of good food and good times probably come to mind, but how about helping the environment too?…

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Greenrightnow.com Article Going Green, One Restaurant At A Time

http://www.greenrightnow.com/2007/10/31/going-green-one-restaurant-at-a-time/ He cooks, runs a business, is a husband and father, speaks multiple languages and manages a website. And on top of that, chef and restaurateur Jose Duarte is certifiably “green.”…

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Local bottled water vs. Imported bottled water

As of today we will start serving Saratoga Springs bottled water, sparkling and spring. Saratoga Spring Water comes from the Saratoga Springs, near Albany, New York – about 200 miles away from Boston.…

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PLA Biodegradable Straws

Got our new biodegradable pla drinking straws made of corn. This solves the problem of sorting plastic to throw away with compost.…

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60-80% Recycled Post consumer paper goods

We start using Marcal Sunrise Bathroom tissue, made of 100% recycled paper, 60 to 80% post consumer. Marcal Paper Towels and 100% post consumer printing paper for our office print-outs, our menus are printed on 40% post consumer, all papers are chlorine free, mercury free, or bleach.…

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TARANTA is a Certified Green Restaurant

Today we received certification by the green restaurant association, we are officially a Green Certified Restaurant, we have completed the first 4 environmental steps: 1.-…

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Composting Stage 1

Today will start our compsoting program, will start with back of the house, kitchen scraps from food preparation, compostable paper, etc.…

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Article on “Stuff@Night” – Going Green

Going Green: Step by step, local restaurants get on the path to saving the environment by Louisa Kasdon, 49.03.2007…

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DW-200 WattStopper

Installed 2 DW-200 Dual technology wall switch occupancy sensor in both of our bathrooms. Why keeping the water boiling if we don’t want hot tea?…

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Table top paper

We are using paper on top of our tables to minimize industrial washing. This will help us save money and we will mixing the used paper with all compostable items as soon as we are ready to start separating all organic materials that will make the compost.…

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