This Restaurant Is Paving The Way For Sustainability

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Irish restaurants have been massively upping their eco-friendly game recently.

Everything from introducing recyclable and compostable options to reducing food waste is now carefully considered by customers and restaurants alike. Vegan restaurant The Carrot’s Tail in Rathmines that opened up earlier this year is one spot that’s really nailing things thanks to its zero-waste policy and plastic-free promise. Owners Sebastian and Yeniree have created an impressively accessible vegan experience with sustainability at the heart of everything they do, in a large space on Rathmines Road Lower that’s full of vintage touches and cute framed prints.

 

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Our Butcher counter is up and running. As part of our zero waste shop, now you can get bits to do at home, like some "meat"balls, patties, falafel, violife cheese and the super delicious handmade cheese of @littlegreenleafcork. As we always say, we are in this together and small changes can go long way. Theres no planet B, so lets show some love to this wonderful one we have ????????????. #thecarrotstail #vegancafeinrathmines #zerowasteshop #veganbutcher #upandrunning #veganmeatballs #veganpatties #kindfood #reduce #recicle #rathmines #dublin #ireland #vegansummer #noplastic #noplanetb

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The 100% plant-based eatery ensures that nothing goes to waste and everything on their menu is totally cruelty free. Just inside the door to the restaurant, there’s also a zero-waste shop that sells everything from reusable bottles to vegan dental floss. Most importantly, you can bring along your own containers to fill up on all their products, including grains, organic agave, spices and soaps. And don't worry if you ever forget to bring along your container - they have a bank of jars that anyone can use totally free of charge and bring back next time.

 

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We are so excited about the reaction to our zero waste shop! Its always good to see that so many of us are awake and conscience of how important cut our carbon footprints is, and reduce waste! ????????. Theres no Planet B. #thecarrotstail #vegancafeinrathmines #zerowaste #kindfood #nowaste

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The Carrot’s Tail prides itself on creating vegan versions of all your favourite comfort foods using some very inventive methods, from chicken burgers to meatball and mozzarella subs and even a steak cheese sandwich. There’s ‘zalmon’ made from carrots and nori sheets that tastes exactly like the real thing, while the ‘chikon’ burger is created using a thick slab of crispy fried tofu that’s repeatedly frozen and defrosted before being soaked in stock and then cooked.

 

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Chikon burger with sweet mustard for lunch ???????? did you try it already? #thecarrotstail #veganchicken #lunchmenu #vegancafeinrathmines #kindfood #lunch #ireland #dublin

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No single-use plastic is used whatsoever at Carrot’s Tail and all the packaging that they do use is completely compostable. Customers are encouraged to bring their own reusable coffee cups as well as tupperware for takeaway food, leftovers and anything else they buy from The Carrot's Tail shop.

 

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Did you know that beside thr 100% plant based cafe we are also a zero waste shop ????????????. You can bring your own containers and get all type of dry goods, including nutricional yeast, black salt, wheat gluten and even AGAVE ????. The world is drawing in plastic and we are responsible, every little help. #thecarrotstail #zerowasteshop #vegancafeinrathmines #kindfood #cutplastic #bekind #zerowaste #nowrapping #dublin #ireland

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Not only is it one of the best vegan spots around, their dedication to sustainability and zero-waste means that we should all be taking a leaf out of their book. Bord Gáis Energy has installed thousands of Hive Active Heating units in homes across Ireland, helping our customers improve the energy efficiency in their homes. The energy efficiency impact of this equates to over 18GWh’s of energy. It takes about 0.0156 kWh in energy for an espresso machine to make a single cup of coffee so 18GWh of energy would get you 480,000,000 cups of coffee! * *Energy Efficiency impact is based on 10,000+ Hive Active Heating Units and SEAI published savings figure for Entry Level Heating Controls Upgrade only with remote access.