Oyster shell recycling is helping rebuild reefs, protect shorelines, and restore marine life across the Gulf Coast. Here’s how the process works—and why it matters.

Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated ...

They come and pick up those shells," said Sara Al-Awar, general manager of Walrus Oyster & Ale.The restaurant is one of 200 businesses partnering with the Oyster Recovery Partnerships' Shell ...

More than 70 New York City restaurants are pouring their discarded shells into the Billion Oyster Project, through which students recycle and transform them into healthy reefs in once-toxic waters.

GALVESTON, Texas -- Oyster reefs are one of the worlds most threatened marine habitats. In Galveston Bay alone, more than 50 percent of the oyster reefs have been damaged or destroyed in recent ...

Oyster shells recovered through the Oyster Shell Recycling Program from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana are emptied at a curing yard in Violet, Louisiana, ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - Oyster shells from a recent oyster festival will eventually provide a home for new oysters along the coast, but they have a long journey before returning to the water.

Mr. Macklin, 51, and Mr. Koehnke, 50, fell into oyster shell recycling about a decade ago. They were members of a local shellfish commission and surprised to learn that Connecticut, unlike other ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Every bushel counts. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is pushing for shells to be recycled properly. Experts have found that oyster shells are ...