The shells are being separated for use in future oyster reef restoration projects as part of the new Oyster Shell Recycling and Reef Restoration Program.

For those looking for innovative, environmentally friendly hardscaping well-suited to the Pacific Northwest, the solution may be oyster shells.

The shells of oysters used in some New Orleans area restaurants will soon be returned to Louisiana coastal waterways thanks to the first-ever formal oyster recycling program in the state. The ...

A small team is rescuing a “ridiculous amount” of shells from restaurant trash bins and using them to rebuild oyster habitat in Long Island Sound.

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, bound later for oyster reef ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- A "No Shell Left Behind" bill before Maryland lawmakers would provide a dollar a bushel tax credit for recycled oyster shell, a move one conservation group hopes will ...

French researchers are turning discarded oyster shells into eco-friendly concrete with significantly lower CO₂ emissions. Currently being tested along the French Atlantic coast, this material ...