Los Angeles Daily News

Here’s how 724 pounds of shells from the DTLA Oyster Festival are helping the environment

Orange County Coastkeeper earlier in the week received a bounty of oyster shells, 724 pounds worth, from the recently resurrected DTLA Oyster Festival, brought back after a five-year hiatus. The hard ...

Stono River living shoreline project kicks off this month

A multi-year project to restore the Stono River is getting underway this month as the effort aims to create 7,000 square feet of living shoreline.
Capital Gazette

National Oyster Day: Restaurant demand inspires shell recycling. Here’s how it works.

For years, Maryland has participated in celebrating National Oyster Day on Aug. 5. Although many gastronomists still encourage oyster consumption in months that end in “R,” this rule has become more ...
WLOX

Mississippi receives $553,000 to expand oyster shell recycling program

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - New RESTORE Act funding is expanding oyster shell recycling efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, turning discarded shells from local restaurants into tools for ...
NBC Connecticut

CORR returns 125,000 pounds of oyster shells to Long Island Sound through restoration project

You may love the taste, but probably not the waste when it comes to eating oysters, but now a restoration project is coming full circle. Collective Oyster Recycling and Restoration, or CORR, has been ...
Post and Courier

Demand for oyster shells is growing. South Carolina officials are keeping up — for a price.

Editor's note: Oysters are becoming a critical component of South Carolina's defense against climate change. This is the third part of an occasional series from The Post and Courier that will track ...