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Though eco-friendly business practices such as those employed by Origins are becoming increasingly popular, especially during Earth Month, many store and restaurant owners said that their joints have functioned under those principles for a long time, and that their environmental interests were not temporary initiatives, but ongoing ones.
On Winthrop Street, UpStairs on the Square co-owner Mary-Catherine Deibel said that her restaurant is always on the lookout for ways to implement environmental practices. The establishment—known for its eye-popping girly décor, well-reviewed dishes and high menu prices—is...
A few months ago, the restaurant also made an adjustment to how private events and functions are hosted. Instead of giving a disposable menu to each customer, the restaurant now only prints a menu for every two diners, slashing its paper usage in half.
Although Veggie Planet—a casual vegetarian restaurant a few blocks away on Palmer Street—offers a very different dining experience, its commitment to the environment is similar.
The restaurant has no specific initiatives for Earth Month, but co-owner Adam Penn said that Veggie Planet will be working with Cambridge Local First—a network of locally-owned businesses—in the next month to conduct an environmental audit to assess its practices. Penn said...