Once you've shucked and slurped oysters out of their shells, it doesn't feel quite right to dump the iridescent beauties into the garbage can, later crushed and incinerated among all of the other ...

When we go out to eat and have oysters, we see the shells just get tossed away. But, the Galveston Bay Foundation in Texas is collecting those leftover shells to increase the number of oyster beds, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In a cross-country effort to replenish the oyster population in Chesapeake Bay, three seafood companies partnered to ship 84 truckloads with millions of Pacific oyster shells ...

Oyster shells are not garbage. That is the message from conservation groups, which say people have been recycling shells along U.S. coastlines for generations. Today's recycling efforts are highly ...

SCDNR’s SCORE program relies on natural resources, technicians like Bryan Luce and a host of volunteers to sort and clean oyster shells from local restaurants Credit: Ferris Kaplan We have to talk ...

GET UPDATES SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. WELL, IF YOU ENJOY OYSTERS, GET READY FOR A WEEK CENTERED ON THE SEAFOOD. TODAY STARTS NATIONAL OYSTER WEEK AND SHELL RECYCLING RESTAURANTS ARE OFFERING DEALS ...

Over 300,000 bushels of oysters are eaten in SC each year, but not many are recycled. A new Horry County restaurant ...