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Used oyster shells and clam shells are collected from farmers and restaurants and get disinfected by volunteers to then be used in oyster restoration. Once the used clam and oyster shells are returned to the water, these recycled shells provide substrate for oyster larval eggs to begin populating oyster beds that were laid out by volunteers. [14]
[15] [20] The organization created and runs the Shell Recycling Alliance (SRA), an initiative with restaurants, caterers, and seafood wholesales to save used natural oyster shell, regarded as the best material on which to raise new oysters, from ending up in landfills. [15] [21]
Recycled oyster shells can help restore oyster reefs to provide marine life habitat that reduces flooding, and protects shorelines from storms. [53] Shell-recycling non-profits retrieve shells from restaurants, wash and dry them, and set them in the sun for up to a year to kill bacteria.
Oyster shells once were considered to be little more than trash. But they are in great demand by a variety of businesses and governments. Oyster shells sell for top dollar as biologists scramble ...
Restaurants, oyster farmers and more from New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties are included in the effort to support the local oyster industry.
Billion Oyster Project is a New York City-based nonprofit organization with the goal of engaging one million people in the effort to restore one billion oysters to New York Harbor by 2035. Because oysters are filter feeders , they serve as a natural water filter, with a number of beneficial effects for the ecosystem. [ 1 ]
Shellfish harvesting season kicked off Oct. 1 and will close in mid-May.
Republic Services, Inc. is a North American waste disposal company whose services include non-hazardous solid waste collection, waste transfer, waste disposal, recycling, and energy services. It is the second largest provider of waste disposal in the United States (as measured by revenue) after Waste Management .