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.

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) recycled over 38,000 bushels of oyster shells from area restaurants and residents’ private oyster roasts just last year.

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.

SCDNR has oyster shell dropoff locations all across the state and 10 locations in Charleston County. At these locations anyone can recycle their shells – whether you own a restaurant or just hosted an ...

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, ...

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 ...